How to evaluate raw material vulnerability - An overview

Resources Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-24

  Helbig, Christoph ^a   Wietschel, Lars ^a   Thorenz, Andrea ^a   Tuma, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Criticality; Raw material; Resources; Risk analysis; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RAW MATERIALS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSITION METALS;

CRITICALITY ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE; MULTIPLE RESEARCH; RESOURCES; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDICATORS; WEIGHTING METHODS;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSITION ELEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84957868852     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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