Present and future environmental impact of poplar cultivation in the Po Valley (Italy) under different crop management systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-66

  González García, Sara ^a   Bacenetti, Jacopo ^b   Murphy, Richard J ^a   Fiala, Marco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commercial plantation; Energy crop; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Manure; Populus sp.; Short rotation coppice (SRC); Very short rotation coppice (VSRC)

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PLANTATION; ENERGY CROPS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); POPULUS SP; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE;

BIOMASS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BOS; POPULUS SP.;

EID: 84855369123     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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