Material use and material efficiency in latin america and the caribbean

Ecological Economics

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-27

  West, James ^a   Schandl, Heinz ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Latin America; Material efficiency; Material flow accounting; Resource productivity; Sustainable resource management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84880952096     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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