Assessment of total urban metabolism and metabolic inefficiency in an Irish city-region

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2765-2771

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

^a Department of Transport ^*  (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS BALANCE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRODUCT CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; WASTE FLOWS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MASS BALANCE; METABOLISM; RESOURCE USE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRELAND; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; IRELAND; METABOLISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68049101205     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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