Life cycle thinking for improved resource management: LCA or?

Handbook of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 837-857

  Frostell, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LOCATION BASED SERVICES;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84886792685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8939-8_50     Document Type: Chapter

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