Use of embodied energy and ecological footprinting to assess the global environmental impact of consumption in an Irish city-region

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-470

  Browne, David ^a   O'Regan, Bernadette ^b   Moles, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Transport ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological footprinting; Embodied energy; Globalisation; Trade

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBALIZATION;

COUNTY LIMERICK; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LIMERICK [COUNTY LIMERICK]; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46649099923     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560801979717     Document Type: Article

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