Abiotic resources: new impact assessment approaches in view of resource efficiency and resource criticality—55th Discussion Forum on Life Cycle Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland, April 11, 2014

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1686-1692

  Vadenbo, Carl ^a   Rørbech, Jakob ^b   Haupt, Melanie ^a   Frischknecht, Rolf ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c TREEZE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; METAL; MINERAL; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CRITICALITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOSSIL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL ABIOTIC RESOURCE; POLITICS; RESOURCE CRITICALITY; RESOURCE EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84911428723     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0784-4     Document Type: Article

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