Industrial ecology and waste management: From theories to applications

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 59-74

  Pongrácz, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Design; Industrial ecology; Performance; Purpose; State; Structure; Theory; Waste; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33746321823     PISSN: 14768971     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/pie.2006.010041     Document Type: Article

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