Material flows in a social context: A Vietnamese case study combining the materials flow analysis and action-in-context frameworks

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-159

  Hobbes, Marieke ^a   Stalpers, Serge I P ^b   Kooijman, Jiska ^c   Le, Thi Thu Thanh ^g   Trinh, Khanh Chi ^d   Phan, Thi Anh Dao ^e,f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Mekong Institute   (Thailand)

^e Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^f Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Risk Assessment Division

^g NONE

Author keywords

Action in context; Actor based analysis; Industrial ecology; Materials flow analysis (MFA); Swidden agriculture; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTION IN CONTEXT; ACTOR BASED ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIALS FLOW ANALYSIS (MFA); SWIDDEN AGRICULTURE;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; AGROINDUSTRY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAT; VIET NAM;

EID: 33846940516     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2007.1049     Document Type: Article

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