Group Model-Building to identify potential sources of environmental impacts outside the scope of LCA studies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-109

  Laurenti, Rafael ^a   Lazarevic, David ^a   Poulikidou, Sofia ^a   Montrucchio, Valeria ^b   Bistagnino, Luigi ^b   Frostell, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causal Loop Diagram; Group Model Building; Life Cycle Assessment; Product systems

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS; GROUP MODEL-BUILDING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRODUCT SYSTEMS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84899916551     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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