Simple indicator to identify the environmental soundness of growth of consumption and technology: "Eco-velocity of consumption"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1465-1472

  Nansai, Keisuke ^a   Kagawa, Shigemi ^b   Suh, Sangwon ^c,d   Inaba, Rokuta ^a   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMPTION GROWTH; GLOBAL CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; JAPAN; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33847324539     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0615876     Document Type: Article

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