Time Horizon and Dominance in Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 799-808

  Dyckhoff, Harald ^a   Kasah, Tarek ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Decision making; Global warming; Industrial ecology; Time dominance; Time preference

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL WARMING;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; DOMINANCE CRITERIA; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TIME DOMINANCE; TIME PREFERENCES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84916928939     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12131     Document Type: Article

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