Link between climate change mitigation and resource efficiency: A UK case study

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Barrett, John ^a   Scott, Kate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Environmentally extended input output analysis; Greenhouse gas emissions; Material efficiency; Scenario analysis; Supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DETOXIFICATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856005920     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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