Biofuels: Economic, environmental and social benefits and costs for developing countries in Asia

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 497-511

  Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b   Damen, Beau ^c   Shi, Xunpeng ^d  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

^c FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^d Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; RURAL AREAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURE SECTORS; DOMESTIC ENERGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS; PERCEIVED BENEFITS; RURAL LIVELIHOOD;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA;

EID: 84885761169     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.241     Document Type: Review

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