Impact assessment at the bioenergy-water nexus

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-386

  Fingerman, Kevin R ^a   Berndes, Göran ^b   Orr, Stuart ^c   Richter, Brian D ^d   Vugteveen, Pim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c WWF International   (Switzerland)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e International Union for Conservation of Nature   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Ethanol; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIO-ENERGY; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; CONSUMPTION VALUES; COPRODUCT; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; GREEN WATER; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NON-LINEARITY; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTION EFFECTS; RESOURCE BASE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER SOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER STRESS EFFECTS;

ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 79960369228     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.294     Document Type: Article

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