Consequential life cycle assessment of policy vulnerability to price effects

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-175

  Rajagopal, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Energy; Environmental policy; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Partial equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOFUEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84898774164     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12058     Document Type: Article

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