Material flow accounting in an Irish city-region 1992-2002

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 967-976

  Browne, David ^a   O'Regan, Bernadette ^b   Moles, Richard ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Dematerialisation; Material flow accounting

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE REDUCTION; BOTTOM-UP ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; DECOUPLING; DEMATERIALISATION; DIRECT MATERIAL INPUTS; DISPOSABLE INCOME; DOMESTIC MATERIALS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EUROPEAN UNION; FASTER RATES; IRELAND; MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTING; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; NATIONAL LEVEL; NONMETALLIC MINERALS; PER CAPITA; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; TOPDOWN; WASTE FLOWS; WASTE GENERATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 79954672320     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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