Household ecological footprinting using a new diary-based data-gathering approach

Local Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-327

  Hunter, Colin ^a   Carmichael, Katriona ^b   Pangbourne, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646086484     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830600558804     Document Type: Article

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