Environmental Footprints and Scenario Analysis for Assessing the Impacts of the Agri-Food Industry on a Regional Economy: A Case Study in Spain

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 618-627

  Cazcarro, Ignacio ^a   Duarte, Rosa ^b   Sánchez Chóliz, Julio ^b   Sarasa, Cristina ^b   Serrano, Ana ^c  

^a BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agri food industry; Computable general equilibrium (CGE) model; Environmental footprint; Input output analysis (IOA); Regional economy; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; WATER FOOTPRINT;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

AGROINDUSTRY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INDUSTRY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT;

ARAGON; SPAIN;

EID: 84942297008     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12209     Document Type: Article

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