Decision support for sustainable development using a Canadian economic input-output life cycle assessment model

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-29

  Bjorn, Andrew ^a   Declercq Lopez, Laura ^b   Spatari, Sabrina ^b   MacLean, Heather L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic input output; Life cycle assessment analysis; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREENHOUSE GASES; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT MODEL; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

DECISION MAKING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244437497     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l04-060     Document Type: Article

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