How Many Environmental Impact Indicators Are Needed in the Evaluation of Product Life Cycles?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3913-3919

  Steinmann, Zoran J N ^a,c   Schipper, Aafke M ^a   Hauck, Mara ^b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE LAYER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; IMPACT INDICATORS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MUTUAL CORRELATIONS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OZONE DEPLETION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES;

LIFE CYCLE;

FRESH WATER; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OZONE DEPLETION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOSSIL ENERGY; IONIZING RADIATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE DEPLETION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION;

ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84963795580     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05179     Document Type: Article

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