Life cycle inventory modelling of land use induced by crop consumption: Part 1: Conceptual analysis and methodological proposal

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Kløverpris, Jesper ^a,c   Wenzel, Henrik ^b   Nielsen, Per H ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Consequential LCA; Crops; GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project); Land use; Marginal production

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 38849157991     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2007.10.364     Document Type: Article

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