Quantifying the environmental impact of an integrated human/industrial- natural system using life cycle assessment; A case study on a forest and wood processing chain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13578-13586

  Schaubroeck, Thomas ^a   Alvarenga, Rodrigo A F ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a   Muys, Bart ^b   Dewulf, Jo ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; INTENSIVELY MANAGED FORESTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NATURAL SYSTEMS; WOOD PROCESSING;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE; RESEARCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT LOSS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE USE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOOD; BIOMASS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; SCOTS PINE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; E I S; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON; METHANE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; WOOD;

EID: 84889860056     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4046633     Document Type: Article

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