Evaluating the environmental impacts of an urban wetland park based on emergy accounting and life cycle assessment: A case study in Beijing

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Duan, N ^a   Liu, X D ^b   Dai, J ^c   Lin, C ^a   Xia, X H ^d   Gao, R Y ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Chen, S Q ^c   Yang, J ^c   Qi, J ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Haidian Water Authority   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy; Life cycle assessment; Urban wetland park

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONSTRUCTION PHASE; CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMERGY; EMERGY YIELD RATIO; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREEN AREAS; LCA METHODS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; REDUCING POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; TYPICAL URBAN; URBAN WETLAND PARK;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; PARKS; RATING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WETLANDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACIDIFICATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENSPACE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WETLAND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 78649919586     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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