Bridging the gap between LCA, LCC and CBA as sustainability assessment tools

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-33

  Hoogmartens, Rob ^a   Van Passel, Steven ^a   Van Acker, Karel ^b   Dubois, Maarten ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Impact assessment; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS (EIA); IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84901410557     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.05.001     Document Type: Review

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