Risks of indirect land use impacts and greenhouse gas consequences: an assessment of Thailand's bioethanol policy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 134, Issue Part B, 2016, Pages 563-573

  Prapaspongsa, Trakarn ^a   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Attributional LCA; Biofuel; Consequential LCA; Indirect land use change

Indexed keywords

BAGASSE; BIOFUELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHANOL; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTRIBUTIONAL LCA; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CONSEQUENTIAL LCA; CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; INDIRECT LAND-USE CHANGES; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 84936151832     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.091     Document Type: Article

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