Land use and land use change in agricultural life cycle assessments and carbon footprints - The case for regionally specific land use change versus other methods

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-39

  Hörtenhuber, Stefan ^a,b   Piringer, Gerhard ^b   Zollitsch, Werner ^b   Lindenthal, Thomas ^a,b   Winiwarter, Wilfried ^c,d  

^a Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Austria   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Feedstuffs; GHG; Greenhouse gas emissions; Land use; Land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS; FEEDSTUFFS; GHG; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAINS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

LAND USE;

GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM;

EID: 84901369356     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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