Towards more accurate and policy relevant footprint analyses: Tracing fine-scale socio-environmental impacts of production to consumption

Ecological Economics

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-35

  Godar, Javier ^a   Persson, U Martin ^b   Tizado, E Jorge ^c   Meyfroidt, Patrick ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brazil; Consumption accounting; Land footprint; Material flow analysis; Soy; Spatial disaggregation; Spatial downscaling; Trade

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DOWNSCALING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOYBEAN; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84922688263     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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