Sustainable island businesses: a case study of Norfolk Island

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2018-2035

  Lenzen, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Island environments; Scenario analysis; Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANDFORMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METABOLISM; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CASE STUDIES; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY; ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS; MATERIAL FLOWS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; PRICE HIKES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RESOURCE BASE; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 50549085218     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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