International comparison and suggestions for capacity development in industrializing countries: Policy application of economy-wide material flow accounting

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-480

  Aoki Suzuki, Chika ^a   Bengtsson, Magnus ^a   Hotta, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Capacity building; Indicator; Industrial ecology; Policy analysis; Resource productivity

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CAPACITY BUILDING; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; POLICY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

DECISION MAKING;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA;

EID: 84865341214     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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