Options for broadening and deepening the LCA approaches

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Jeswani, Harish Kumar ^a   Azapagic, Adisa ^a   Schepelmann, Philipp ^b   Ritthoff, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Ecological Economy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Economic; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Social; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; ECONOMIC LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SOCIAL ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 70849110135     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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