Low carbon technology performance vs infrastructure vulnerability: Analysis through the local and global properties space

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12970-12977

  Dawson, David A ^a   Purnell, Phil ^a   Roelich, Katy ^a   Busch, Jonathan ^a   Steinberger, Julia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); FOSSIL FUELS;

INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN; INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITIES; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES;

CARBON;

ALUMINUM; CARBON; ELEMENT; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LITHIUM; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WIND TURBINE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; RELIABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAGNET; PROCEDURES; TECHNOLOGY; WIND;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAGNETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; WIND;

EID: 84908577056     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500902b     Document Type: Article

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