The carbon footprint of food consumption in Beijing

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1570-1577

  Wu, Yan ^a   Wang, Xiaoke ^a   Lu, Fei ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing City; Carbon footprint; Food; LCA

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84859347779     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201101140074     Document Type: Article

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