The relative contribution of transportation to supply chain greenhouse gas emissions: A case study of American wheat

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 487-492

  O'Donnell, Brendan ^a   Goodchild, Anne ^a   Cooper, Joyce ^a   Ozawa, Toshi ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural transport; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORT; IN CONTEXTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SUPPLY CHAIN EMISSIONS; WHEAT GRAINS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WHEAT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69049107403     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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