Promoting industrial symbiosis: empirical observations of low-carbon innovations in the Humber region, UK

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-130

  Velenturf, Anne P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio based economy; Case studies; Renewable energy; Social network analysis; Social process; Waste to resource innovation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BIO-BASED; CASE-STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; POLICY AND REGULATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SOCIAL PROCESS; STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

EID: 84932144359     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.027     Document Type: Article

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