Sector aggregation bias in environmentally extended input output modeling of raw material flows in Finland

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-229

  Piñero, Pablo ^a   Heikkinen, Mari ^a,b   Mäenpää, Ilmo ^a,b,c   Pongrácz, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmentally extended input output; Footprint; Material flow accounting; Sector aggregation bias

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MINERAL PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

FINLAND;

EID: 84941965495     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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