Exploring a safe operating approach to weighting in life cycle impact assessment - A case study of organic, conventional and integrated farming systems

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-153

  Tuomisto, H L ^a   Hodge, I D ^b   Riordan, P ^a   MacDonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Impact assessment; Integrated farming; Life cycle assessment; Organic farming; Weighting factors

Indexed keywords

IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTEGRATED FARMING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ORGANIC FARMING; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; RESEARCH;

INTEGRATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84865462533     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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