Identifying and rating cultural sustainability indicators: A case study of wood-based bioenergy systems in eastern Finland

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 287-304

  Myllyviita, Tanja ^a   Lähtinen, Katja ^b   Hujala, Teppo ^c   Leskinen, Leena A ^d   Sikanen, Lauri ^d   Leskinen, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural sustainability; Indicators; Sustainability assessment; Wood based bioenergy

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EXPERT SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WOOD;

FINLAND;

EID: 84895556242     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9477-6     Document Type: Article

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