Life cycle assessment as an analytical tool in strategic environmental assessment. Lessons learned from a case study on municipal energy planning in Sweden

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-87

  Björklund, Anna ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment (LCA); Municipal energy plan; Public participation; Scenarios; Strategic environmental assessment (SEA)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY PLAN; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SCENARIOS; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; RATING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY PLANNING; INNOVATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80054892297     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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