Structural decomposition analysis of raw material consumption: The case of the Czech Republic

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-907

  Weinzettel, Jan ^a,b   Kovanda, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Economy wide material flow analysis (EW MFA); Hybrid life cycle assessment (hybrid LCA); Industrial ecology; Input output analysis (IOA); Raw material equivalents (RME); RMC

Indexed keywords

HYBRID LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (HYBRID LCA); INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RMC;

CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; METAL ANALYSIS;

MATERIALS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; ORE BODY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 83055196613     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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