Monetary valuation in Life Cycle Assessment: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-179

  Pizzol, Massimo ^a   Weidema, Bo ^a,b   Brandão, Miguel ^b   Osset, Philippe ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b 2 0 LCA Consultants ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Externality; Life cycle assessment; Monetary valuation; Weighting

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS; EXTERNALITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MONETARY VALUATIONS; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS; UNCERTAINTY AND COMPLEXITY; WEIGHTING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84920032945     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.007     Document Type: Review

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