The Water Withdrawal Footprint of Energy Supply to Cities: Conceptual Development and Application to Denver, Colorado, USA

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-39

  Cohen, Elliot ^a   Ramaswami, Anu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy flow analysis (EFA); Energy systems; Industrial ecology; Infrastructure; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Supply chain management; Water withdrawals

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; ESTIMATION; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY FLOW ANALYSIS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WATER WITHDRAWAL;

WATER SUPPLY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY FLOW; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WATER FOOTPRINT;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894239053     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12086     Document Type: Article

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