Sustainable consumption and production: Trends, challenges and options for the asia-pacific region

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-15

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Schroeder, Patrick ^b  

^a SWITCH Asia Network Facility   (Germany)

^b SWITCH Asia Network Facility   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asia, Carbon footprint; SCP policy; Sustainable consumption and production

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MEGACITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 77952909621     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2010.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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