Economic and social determinants of global physical flows of critical metals

Resources Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 107-113

  Shigetomi, Yosuke ^a   Nansai, Keisuke ^b   Kagawa, Shigemi ^c   Kondo, Yasushi ^d   Tohno, Susumu ^e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METAL; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 85013833064     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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