The Four-Sector Diagram of Benefits (FSDOB) as a method for evaluating strategic interactions between humans and the environment. The case study of hydrogen fuel cell buses

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 486-494

  Giannantoni, Corrado ^a   Zoli, Mariangela ^b  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy Analysis; Environmental benefits; Fuel cell buses; Ordinal Benefits

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUEL CELL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 72049095046     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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