Social life cycle assessment as a management tool: Methodology for application in tourism

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3275-3287

  Arcese, Gabriella ^a   Lucchetti, Maria Claudia ^a   Merli, Roberto ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Social impacts; Social life cycle assessment; Social responsibility; Tourism business evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886242150     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5083275     Document Type: Article

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