Data strategy for environmental assessment of agricultural regions via LCA: case study of a French catchment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 476-491

  Avadí, Angel ^a,b   Nitschelm, Laure ^a,b   Corson, Michael ^a,b   Vertès, Françoise ^a,b  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering; Extrapolation; Milk; Multiple linear regression; Regional life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84961057246     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1036-6     Document Type: Article

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