Evaluation of the environmental impact of weekly food consumption in different socio-economic households in Australia using environmentally extended input-output analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-64

  Reynolds, Christian John ^a,b   Piantadosi, Julia ^a   Buckley, Jonathan David ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a   Boland, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Food security; Input output; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VEGETABLE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84921657618     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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