The Western lifestyle and its long way to sustainability

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4014-4021

  Notter, Dominic A ^a   Meyer, Reto ^b   Althaus, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY SUFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MITIGATION OPTIONS; SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

FOSSIL FUEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESTYLE; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; LIFE STYLE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84877607194     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3037548     Document Type: Article

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