Exergy-based accounting for land as a natural resource in life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 939-947

  Alvarenga, Rodrigo A F ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass; Exergy; Land; LCA; NPP; Resource

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FOREST; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WOOD;

EID: 84879505972     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0555-7     Document Type: Article

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