Eco-efficiency and its terminology

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 43-46

  Huppes, Gjalt ^a,b   Ishikawa, Masanobu ^c  

^a Industrial Ecology Department   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental cost effectiveness; Environmental improvement cost; Environmental intensity; Environmental productivity; Industrial ecology; Lexicon

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COST; ENVIRONMENTAL INTENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTIVITY; LEXICON;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33750613031     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819805775247891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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