Evaluating the environmental impact of products and production processes: A comparison of six methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-29

  Hertwich, Edgar G ^a   Pease, William S ^a   Koshland, Catherine P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

design for environment; environmental impact evaluation; industrial ecology; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994667     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05344-2     Document Type: Article

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