Accounting for land use in life cycle assessment: The value of NPP as a proxy indicator to assess land use impacts on ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 143-156

  Taelman, Sue Ellen ^a   Schaubroeck, Thomas ^a   De Meester, Steven ^a   Boone, Lieselot ^a,b   Dewulf, Jo ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Hemeroby; Human Appropriation of NPP (HANPP); Land use impact; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Net primary production (NPP)

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; HEMEROBY; HUMAN APPROPRIATION OF NPP (HANPP); LAND USE IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

GROUND WATER;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LAND USE PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; OCCUPATION; PASTURELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOIL DEGRADATION; URBAN AREA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 84955140743     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.055     Document Type: Article

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