A Hybrid Approach for Assessing the Multi-Scale Impacts of Urban Resource Use: Transportation in Phoenix, Arizona

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 136-150

  Clark, Susan Spierre ^a   Chester, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; industrial ecology; life cycle assessment (LCA); multiscale analysis; transportation; urban metabolism

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRANSPORTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; PHOENIX METROPOLITAN; URBAN METABOLISMS;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; RESOURCE USE; URBAN SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971254545     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12422     Document Type: Article

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