Carbon footprint accounting in support of city water supply infrastructure siting decision making: A case study in Ningbo, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 737-746

  Wu, L ^a   Mao, X Q ^a   Zeng, A ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint accounting; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle cost; Water treatment work siting

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFECYCLE COSTS; SENSITIVITY FACTORS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES; WATER TREATMENT WORKS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84953365918     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.01.060     Document Type: Article

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