The direct material inputs into Singapore's development

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-131

  Schulz, Niels B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic material consumption (DMC); Globalization; Industrial ecology; Materials flow analysis (MFA); Trade; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC MATERIAL CONSUMPTION (DMC); ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOWS; URBANIZATION;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

URBAN PLANNING;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; TIME SERIES; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34248341816     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jie.2007.1200     Document Type: Article

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