Resource use and resource efficiency in the Asia-Pacific region

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 636-647

  Schandl, Heinz ^a   West, Jim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia and the Pacific; Material flows; Resource efficiency; Resource use; Resource use policies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE USE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 77957872680     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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