Life cycle assessment of the water and wastewater system in Trondheim, Norway - A case study: Case Study

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 323-334

  Slagstad, Helene ^a   Brattebø, Helge ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

carbon neutrality; life cycle assessment; urban water infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; INFRASTRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NORWAY; SOR TRONDELAG; TRONDHEIM;

EID: 84890800810     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1573062X.2013.795232     Document Type: Article

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