Multiscale Approach to Life Cycle Assessment: Evaluation of the Effect of an Increase in New York City's Rooftop Albedo on Human Health Susca, LCA: Rooftop Albedo and Human Health

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 951-962

  Susca, Tiziana ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health effects; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA); Rooftop albedo; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ROOFTOP ALBEDO; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEALTH; LIFE CYCLE; ROOFS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY USE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATIVE FORCING; ROOF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; URBAN AREA;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871120798     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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