Scenarios in selected tools for environmental systems analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1958-1970

  Höjer, Mattias ^a   Ahlroth, Sofia ^a   Dreborg, Karl Henrik ^a   Ekvall, Tomas ^b   Finnveden, Göran ^a   Hjelm, Olof ^c   Hochschorner, Elisabeth ^a   Nilsson, Måns ^d   Palm, Viveka ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Environmental Accounts Statistics Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Cost benefit analysis; Environmental assessment; Environmental management; External scenarios; Forecasts; Input output analysis; Life cycle assessment; Normative scenarios; Predictive scenarios; System of economic and environmental accounts

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KETONES; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BACKCASTING; CASE STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL SCENARIOS; FORECASTS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE-COSTING; NORMATIVE SCENARIOS; PREDICTIVE SCENARIOS; SCENARIOS OF THE FUTURE; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50549099611     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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