Assigning results of the Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment (ToSIA) to products of a forest-wood-chain

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2215-2225

  Palosuo, Taru ^a   Suominen, Tommi ^a   Werhahn Mees, Wendelin ^a   Garcia Gonzalo, Jordi ^a   Lindner, Marcus ^a  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allocation; Forestry; Impact assessment; Multi output processes; Sustainability impacts; ToSIA

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON FLOW; CARBON-BASED; DATA AVAILABILITY; ECONOMIC VALUES; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MULTI-OUTPUT PROCESS; MULTI-OUTPUT PROCESSES; MULTIPLE OUTPUTS; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS; VALUE CHAINS;

FORESTRY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; TIMBER; VALUE ENGINEERING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; BIOENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTION COST; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VALUATION; WOOD;

APPROPRIATION; CARBON; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; OPERATING COSTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

TOSIA;

EID: 77955513183     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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