Life cycle impact assessment research developments and needs

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-351

  Bare, Jane C ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Sustainability metric Environmental standards

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TERMINATION POINTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 78650077493     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0265-9     Document Type: Review

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