Forestry operations in the alpine context. Life cycle assessment to support the integrated assessment of forest wood short supply chain

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1524-1535

  Mirabella, Nadia ^a   Castellani, Valentina ^a   Sala, Serenella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Forest mechanization; Forest operations; LCA; Short supply chain; Wood

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CADMIUM; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADVANCED MECHANIZATION; AGRICULTURE LAND OCCUPATION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EUTROPHICATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL DEPLETION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IONIZING RADIATION; ITALY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MACHINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL LAND TRANSFORMATION; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL COMPACTION; TERRESTRIAL ACIDIFICATION; TRADITIONAL MECHANIZATION; URBAN LAND OCCUPATION; WATER POLLUTION; WOOD; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84904758533     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0756-8     Document Type: Article

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