Accounting for the ecological footprint of materials in consumer goods at the urban scale

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1960-1973

  Kissinger, Meidad ^a   Sussman, Cornelia ^b   Moore, Jennie ^b   Rees, William E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint analysis; Life cycle assessment; Material consumption; Urban sustainability; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY USE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84882726338     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5051960     Document Type: Article

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