The economic resource scarcity potential (ESP) for evaluating resource use based on life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 601-610

  Schneider, Laura ^a   Berger, Markus ^a   Schüler Hainsch, Eckhard ^b   Knöfel, Sven ^b   Ruhland, Klaus ^c   Mosig, Jörg ^b   Bach, Vanessa ^a   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^c MERCEDES BENZ AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic criteria; LCA; LCSA; Resource availability; Scarcity; Supply risk

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LANTHANIDE; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; SILVER; TIN; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ABIOTIC DEPLETION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ECONOMIC RESOURCE SCARCITY POTENTIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84898785841     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0666-1     Document Type: Article

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