Moving from the material footprint to a resource depletion footprint

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 596-598

  Fang, Kai ^a   Heijungs, Reinout ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84937511425     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1564     Document Type: Note

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