Assessment of ecological sustainability of a building subjected to potential seismic events during its lifetime

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 504-515

  Menna, Costantino ^a   Asprone, Domenico ^a   Jalayer, Fatemeh ^a   Prota, Andrea ^a   Manfredi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Limit state probability; Loss assessment; Sustainability; Time dependent seismic risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878512910     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0477-9     Document Type: Article

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