Analysis of water use impact assessment methods (part B): applicability for water footprinting and decision making with a laundry case study

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 865-879

  Boulay, Anne Marie ^a   Bayart, Jean Baptiste ^b   Bulle, Cecile ^a   Franceschini, Helen ^c   Motoshita, Masaharu ^d,f   Muñoz, Ivan ^c   Pfister, Stephan ^e   Margni, Manuele ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Quantis   (Switzerland)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Water availability; Water degradation; Water footprint; Water scarcity; Water use impacts

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LAUNDRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

EID: 84929834776     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0868-9     Document Type: Article

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