Comparing a territorial-based and a consumption-based approach to assess the local and global environmental performance of cities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 173, Issue , 2018, Pages 112-123

  Athanassiadis, Aristide ^a,b,c   Christis, Maarten ^d,e   Bouillard, Philippe ^b   Vercalsteren, An ^f   Crawford, Robert H ^c   Khan, Ahmed Z ^b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Policy Research Centre for Sustainable Materials Management   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect flows; Environmental footprint of cities; EW MFA; Local and global consumption; Multi region input output analysis (MRIO); Urban metabolism (UM)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; SUPPLY CHAINS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

DIRECT AND INDIRECT FLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; GLOBAL CONSUMPTION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; URBAN METABOLISMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85008945787     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.068     Document Type: Article

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