Using non-local databases for the environmental assessment of industrial activities: The case of Latin America

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-157

  Ossés de Eicker, Margarita ^a   Hischier, Roland ^a   Hurni, Hans ^b   Zah, Rainer ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emission inventories; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

AIR EMISSION INVENTORY; ASSESSMENT METHODS; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA COVERAGE; DATA SETS; ECOINVENT; EMISSION INVENTORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LATIN AMERICA; LATIN AMERICANS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; NONLOCAL;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LIFE CYCLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

DATABASE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 76949105647     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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