Integrating social and value dimensions into sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biofuels

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-62

  Raman, Sujatha ^a,c   Mohr, Alison ^a   Helliwell, Richard ^a   Ribeiro, Barbara ^b   Shortall, Orla ^b   Smith, Robert ^b   Millar, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Integrated sustainability assessment; Lignocellulosic biofuels; Responsible innovation; Social and value dimensions of technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SECURITY; FEEDSTOCKS; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; INNOVATION APPROACH; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; VALUE DIMENSIONS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84954196779     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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