Life Cycle Assessment and the Resilience of Product Systems

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 296-306

  Pizzol, Massimo ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Complexity; Eco efficiency; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADAPTATION; COMPLEXITY; ECO-EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA);

LIFE CYCLE;

ADAPTATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84927913328     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12254     Document Type: Article

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