Assessing potential desertification environmental impact in life cycle assessment: Part 1: Methodological aspects

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-78

  Núñez, Montserrat ^a   Civit, Bárbara ^b   Muñoz, Pere ^a   Arena, Alejandro Pablo ^b   Rieradevall, Joan ^c,d   Antón, Assumpció ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Characterisation factors; Desertification; Geographical information system (GIS); Land use impacts; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Life cycle inventory (LCI)

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOPHYSICS; DESERT; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPICS;

EID: 77149126414     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0126-0     Document Type: Review

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