Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) of landfills - a systemic approach: theoretical considerations

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1628-1638

  Lang, Daniel J ^a   Scholz, Roland W ^a   Binder, Claudia R ^a   Wiek, Arnim ^a   Stäubli, Beat ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Environmental Protection Agency of Canton Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment (RA); Function Structure Context Framework; Landfill management; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Method comparison; Modified Cost Effectiveness Analysis (MCEA); Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA); Sustainable development (SD); Systemic perspective

Indexed keywords

LANDFILL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MODIFIED COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS (MCEA); SUSTAINABILITY POTENTIAL ANALYSIS (SPA); SYSTEMIC APPROACH;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONS; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34447289362     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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