Household-level transition methodology towards sustainable material footprints

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 184-191

  Laakso, Senja ^a   Lettenmeier, Michael ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

^d ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dematerialization; Household consumption; Material footprint; Sustainability transition

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

DEMATERIALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; MATERIAL RESOURCES; MICRO LEVEL; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITION; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84924860062     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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