Circular economy indicators: What do they measure?

Gustavo Moraga; Sophie Huysveld; Fabrice Mathieux; Gian Andrea Blengini; Luc Alaerts; Karel Van Acker; Steven De Meester; Jo Dewulf

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.03.045

Keywords

European unionCircular economyScope (computer science)Performance indicatorScale (ratio)Environmental economicsComputer scienceEconomic indicatorSet (abstract data type)Measure (data warehouse)Product (mathematics)Risk analysis (engineering)Process managementBusinessEconomicsMarketingMathematicsData miningEcology

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Publication Info

Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 146
Pages: 452-461
Citations: 997
Access: Closed

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