Material flow accounting of an Indian village

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1175-1182

  Kestemont, Bruno ^a   Kerkhove, Marc ^b  

^a Statistics Belgium   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dematerialization; Eco efficiency; Material flow accounting; Resource flows; Social metabolism; Village ecosystem

Indexed keywords

DEMATERIALIZATION; ECO-EFFICIENCY; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTING; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; RESOURCE FLOWS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; TIME MEASUREMENT;

MATERIALS;

DRY MATTER; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; RESOURCE ECONOMY; RESOURCE USE; VILLAGE;

GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 77954818108     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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