Statistical analysis for the development of national average weighting factors-visualization of the variability between each individual's environmental thought

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-498

  Itsubo, Norihiro ^a   Sakagami, Masaji ^b   Kuriyama, Koichi ^c   Inaba, Atsushi ^d  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Damage assessment; LCA National Project; Life cycle impact assessment; LIME (Lifecycle Impact assessment Method based on Endpoint modeling); Random parameter logit model; Safeguard subjects; Weighting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHOD BASED ON ENDPOINT MODELING 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 84863103835     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0379-x     Document Type: Article

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