An interregional ecological approach for modelling sustainability in a globalizing world-Reviewing existing approaches and emerging directions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2615-2623

  Kissinger, Meidad ^a   Rees, William E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint analysis (EFA); Environmental input output analysis (EIOA); International trade; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Material flows analysis (MFA); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL FLOWS ANALYSIS (MFA); SUSTAINABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBALIZATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77956432864     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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