Beyond biofuels: Assessing global land use for domestic consumption of biomass. A conceptual and empirical contribution to sustainable management of global resources

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 224-232

  Bringezu, Stefan ^a   O'Brien, Meghan ^a   Schütz, Helmut ^a  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioenergy; Biomaterials; Consumption; Environmental space; Forestry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FORESTRY; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80051560665     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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