Life cycle approaches to sustainable consumption: A critical review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4673-4684

  Hertwich, Edgar G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DECISION MAKING; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; LIFE CYCLE; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POLICY MAKERS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 21244480898     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0497375     Document Type: Review

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