A framework for modelling indirect land use changes in Life Cycle Assessment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 99, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-238

  Schmidt, Jannick H ^a   Weidema, Bo P ^a   Brandão, Miguel ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attributional LCA; Consequential LCA; iLUC; Indirect land use changes; Intensification; Land use changes

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DECISION MAKING; DEFORESTATION; DEPRECIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE;

ATTRIBUTIONAL LCA; CONSEQUENTIAL LCA; ILUC; INDIRECT LAND-USE CHANGES; INTENSIFICATION; LAND-USE CHANGE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84929269188     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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