A spatial evaluation of forest biomass usage using GIS

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Kinoshita, Tsuguki ^a   Inoue, Keisuke ^b   Iwao, Koki ^c   Kagemoto, Hiroshi ^b   Yamagata, Yoshiki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forestry operations; GIS; Local energy; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; DETERIORATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PROFITABILITY; TIMBER; WAGES;

ARTIFICIAL FOREST; ECONOMIC VALUES; FORESTRY OPERATIONS; HARVESTING COSTS; LOCAL ENERGY; LOGGING RESIDUES; SPATIAL EVALUATIONS; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; PROFITABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THINNING;

ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPENSATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; GIS; HARVESTING; INSULATION; LOGGING; SALARIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOCHI [SHIKOKU]; SHIKOKU; YUSUHARA;

EID: 50349086032     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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