Environmental assessment of brownfield rehabilitation using two different life cycle inventory models Part 1: Methodological approach

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 391-398

  Lesage, Pascal ^a   Ekvall, Tomas ^b,c   Deschênes, Louise ^a   Samson, Réjean ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attributional LCA (ALCA); Brownfield; Brownfield rehabilitation; Consequential LCA (CLCA); Contaminated site remediation; Land use; Open loop recycling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35948946610     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2006.10.279.1     Document Type: Article

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