Climate change mitigation through increased wood use in the European construction sector-towards an integrated modelling framework

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-144

  Eriksson, Ljusk Ola ^a   Gustavsson, Leif ^b   Hänninen, Riitta ^c   Kallio, Maarit ^c   Lyhykäinen, Henna ^d   Pingoud, Kim ^e   Pohjola, Johanna ^d   Sathre, Roger ^b   Solberg, Birger ^f   Svanaes, Jarle ^g   Valsta, Lauri ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^g Treteknisk   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change mitigation; Forest economics; Forest management; Integrated modelling; Wood construction; Wood substitution

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MITIGATION; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESOURCE USE; WOOD;

EID: 81955163080     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0463-3     Document Type: Article

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