What scientific issues in life cycle assessment applied to waste and biomass valorization? Editorial

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 377-383

  Bellon Maurel, V ^a   Aissani, L ^b,c   Bessou, C ^d   Lardon, L ^e   Loiseau, E ^a,f   Risch, E ^a   Roux, P ^a   Junqua, G ^g  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^g ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Allocation; Complex system; Decision; LCA; Lifecycle assessment; Spatialization; Waste

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION; DECISION; LCA; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SPATIALIZATION;

BIOMASS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84879484918     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-012-9189-4     Document Type: Article

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