Topological network theory and its application to LCA and IOA and related industrial ecology tools: Principles and promise

Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-167

  Heijungs, Reinout ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Industrial networks; Input output analysis (IOA); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Topological network theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009403482     PISSN: 23256192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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