Land use impacts of industries and products in the Finnish economy: A comparison of three indicators

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4781-4787

  Mattila, Tuomas ^a   Seppälä, Jyri ^a   Nissinen, Ari ^a   Mäenpää, Ilmo ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological footprint; Input output analysis; Land use; Life cycle assessment; Net primary production

Indexed keywords

BIO-CAPACITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; EXPERT ASSESSMENT; EXPORT PRODUCTION; FINLAND; FINNISH ECONOMY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; LAND AREAS; LAND USE IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRADE BALANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE;

ECONOMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MITIGATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 82155162952     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.02.052     Document Type: Article

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