Analysis of complementary methodologies to assess the environmental impact of Luxembourg's net consumption

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-80

  Jury, Colin ^a   Rugani, Benedetto ^a   Hild, Paula ^a   May, Morgane ^a   Benetto, Enrico ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Ecological Footprint (EF); Environmentally Extended Input Output (EEIO); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Luxembourg country's consumption; ReCiPe; Solar Energy Demand (SED)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALLY EXTENDED INPUT OUTPUT; FIELD EMISSION; FINANCE; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LUXEMBOURG; NET CONSUMPTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECIPE AND SOLAR ENERGY DEMAND; SOLAR ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84871571966     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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