Cost – Benefit of water resource use in biofuel feedstock production

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 1192-1199

  Kaenchan, Piyanon ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b PERDO   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cost benefit analysis; Economic valuation; Life cycle impact assessment; Water resource

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COSTS; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PALM OIL; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESOURCE VALUATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; ECONOMIC GAINS; ECONOMIC VALUATION; EXTERNAL COSTS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL LEVELS; SOCIAL WELFARE; WATER CONSUMPTION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977665588     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.129     Document Type: Article

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