A life-cycle approach to characterising environmental and economic impacts of multifunctional land-use systems: An integrated assessment in the UK

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3747-3776

  Brandão, Miguel ^a,b   Clift, Roland ^b   Milà, Llorençi Canals ^c   Basson, Lauren ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioenergy; Energy crops; Land use; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Silviculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054058020     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2123747     Document Type: Article

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