Sustainable consumption and resource management in the light of life cycle thinking

European Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-76

  Mont, Oksana ^a,c   Bleischwitz, Raimund ^b,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Department of European Political and Administrative Studies   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Stakeholders; Sustainable production and consumption; Sustainable resource management; Synergies

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33947494860     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.434     Document Type: Article

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