How to Deal with Resource Productivity

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 440-451

  Gan, Yu ^a   Zhang, Tianzhu ^a   Liang, Sai ^a   Zhao, Zhongnan ^a   Li, Nan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Economic structure; Economy wide material flow analysis (EW MFA); Income level; Industrial ecology; International trade; Population density

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ECONOMY-WIDE MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; INCOME LEVELS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITIES;

PRODUCTIVITY;

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84878950146     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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