Losses and efficiencies of phosphorus on a national level – A comparison of European substance flow analyses

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 294-310

  Jedelhauser, Michael ^a   Binder, Claudia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Comparative study; Efficiencies; European countries; Losses; Phosphorus; Substance flow analysis

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LOSSES; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DISPARITIES; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

PHOSPHORUS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; REGIONAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUROPE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SLUDGE; SOCIETY; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84949280726     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.09.021     Document Type: Article

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