Policies to promote sustainable consumption: Framework for a future-oriented evaluation

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-403

  Heiskanen, Eva ^a   Brohmann, Bettina ^b   Fritsche, Uwe R ^b   Schönherr, Norma ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

^b Oko Institut eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Future oriented evaluation; Material flow analysis; MFA; Policy impact; Policy instrument; Policy mix; Policy outcome; Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECADAL VARIATION; FLOW MODELING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77950813595     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2009.032326     Document Type: Article

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