Using input-output analysis to measure the environmental pressure of consumption at different spatial levels

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 169-185

  Munksgaard, Jesper ^a,b   Wier, Mette ^c   Lenzen, Manfred ^d   Dey, Christopher ^d  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Inst of Local Government Studies   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2); Consumption; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Environmental indicators; Life cycle thinking; Structural economics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS; INPUT-OUTPUT MODELING; SPATIAL LEVELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 21244500940     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1088198054084699     Document Type: Conference Paper

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