Providing an economy-wide monitoring framework for the circular economy in Austria: Status quo and challenges

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 137, Issue , 2018, Pages 156-166

  Jacobi, Nikolai ^a,c   Haas, Willi ^b,c   Wiedenhofer, Dominik ^b,c   Mayer, Andreas ^b,c  

^a International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Europe (ICLEI)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Cyclical use; Economy wide material flow accounting (ew MFA); Environmental pressure; Sustainability indicators; Waste and emissions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RAW MATERIALS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CYCLICAL USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

ECONOMICS;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MONITORING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MONITORING; STATISTICS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 85048439751     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.05.022     Document Type: Article

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