Transition towards circular economy in the food system

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jurgilevich, Alexandra ^a   Birge, Traci ^a   Kentala Lehtonen, Johanna ^a   Korhonen Kurki, Kaisa ^a   Pietikäinen, Janna ^a   Saikku, Laura ^b   Schösler, Hanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Food system; Socio technical transition; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD MARKET; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84956624362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8010069     Document Type: Article

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