Resource use of low-income households - Approach for defining a decent lifestyle?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 681-684

  Lettenmeier, Michael ^a,b   Lähteenoja, Satu ^b   Hirvilammi, Tuuli ^c   Laakso, Senja ^d  

^a Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^b D mat Ltd   (Finland)

^c SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consumption; Ecological backpack; Lifestyle; Material footprint; Natural resource use; Sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMPTION; ECOLOGICAL BACKPACK; LIFESTYLE; NATURAL RESOURCE USE; SUFFICIENCY;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENT LIFESTYLE; ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINLAND; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERIAL FOOTPRINT; NATURAL RESOURCE USE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM;

FINLAND;

CONSUMPTION; ECOLOGICAL BACKPACK; LIFESTYLE; MATERIAL FOOTPRINT; NATURAL RESOURCE USE; SUFFICIENCY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; POVERTY;

EID: 84897959925     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.048     Document Type: Article

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