The Copper Balance of Cities: Exploratory Insights into a European and an Asian City

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 432-444

  Kral, Ulrich ^a   Lin, Chih Yi ^b   Kellner, Katharina ^a   Ma, Hwong Wen ^c   Brunner, Paul H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cities; Environmental protection; Industrial ecology; Resource efficiency; Substance flow analysis (SFA); Urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

ASH HANDLING; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; WASTE INCINERATION;

CITIES; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; URBAN METABOLISMS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

COPPER; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; TAIPEI; TAIWAN; VIENNA;

EID: 84902383746     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12088     Document Type: Article

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