A holistic sustainability assessment tool for bioenergy using the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) sustainability indicators

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-80

  Hayashi, Takashi ^a   van Ierland, Ekko C ^b   Zhu, Xueqin ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP); Holistic assessment; Multi Criteria Analysis; Sustainability indicator; Weak sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DIESEL FUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT; HOLISTIC SUSTAINABILITY; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84901622040     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.01.040     Document Type: Article

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