Food miles to assess sustainability: A revision

Sustainable Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Van Passel, Steven ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Externalities; Food miles; Food production; Food transport; Sustainability; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873816392     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.485     Document Type: Article

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