Using systems-based life cycle assessment to investigate the environmental and economic impacts and benefits of the livestock sector in the UK

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Chatterton, Julia ^b   Graves, Anil ^a   Audsley, Eric ^a   Morris, Joe ^a   Williams, Adrian ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecosystem services; Environmental economics; Life Cycle Assessment; Livestock; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; LIVESTOCK; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84920012385     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.103     Document Type: Article

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