Prioritising sustainable consumption patterns: Key decisions and environmental gains

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-154

  Kaenzig, Josef ^a   Jolliet, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental impacts; Life cycle approaches; Prioritising; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649098692     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2007.016930     Document Type: Article

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