Why include impacts on biodiversity from land use in LCIA and how to select useful indicators?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 6278-6302

  Michelsen, Ottar ^a   Lindner, Jan Paul ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Land use; Land use changes; LCIA; Species diversity; Structural indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84933034121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7056278     Document Type: Article

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