Regionalization of land use impact models for life cycle assessment: Recommendations for their use on the global scale and their applicability to Brazil

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 148-155

  Pavan, Ana Laura Raymundo ^a   Ometto, Aldo Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Land use; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE;

ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; BRAZIL; LAND TRANSFORMATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; REGIONALIZATION; SCOPE OF APPLICATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84969543376     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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