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Quantified Eco-Efficiency pp 1–38Cite as

An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis

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    Gjalt Huppes

  2. Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

    Masanobu Ishikawa

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    Masanobu Ishikawa

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Huppes, G., Ishikawa, M. (2007). An introduction to quantified eco-efficiency analysis. In: Huppes, G., Ishikawa, M. (eds) Quantified Eco-Efficiency. Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5399-1_1

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