The social footprint—a practical approach to comprehensive and consistent social LCA

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 700-709

  Weidema, Bo P ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Governance; Income inequality; Income redistribution; Input output data; Non production specific impacts; Productivity; Quality adjusted time; Shared value

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL FOOTPRINT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 84981274723     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1172-z     Document Type: Review

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