Assessment of land use impacts on the natural environment: Part 1: An analytical framework for pure land occupation and land use change

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-23

  Koellner, Thomas ^a   Scholz, Roland W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Characterization factor; Damage function; Ecosystem; Impact; Land use; LCA; Restoration time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND BIOME; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846869709     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.12.292.1     Document Type: Article

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