Choice of land reference situation in life cycle impact assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1220-1231

  Cao, Viêt ^a   Margni, Manuele ^a   Favis, Basil D ^a   Deschênes, Louise ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseline; Land use; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle impact assessment; Modeling choice; Reference situation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 85001839749     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1242-2     Document Type: Article

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