On the Complexity of Life Cycle Inventory Networks: Role of Life Cycle Processes with Network Analysis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1094-1107

  Navarrete Gutiérrez, Tomás ^b   Rugani, Benedetto ^a   Pigné, Yoann ^b   Marvuglia, Antonino ^b   Benetto, Enrico ^b  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b NONE

Author keywords

complexity; drinking water; emergy; industrial ecology; life cycle assessment (LCA); network analysis

Indexed keywords

DIRECTED GRAPHS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; POTABLE WATER; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPLEXITY; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; EMERGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; NETWORK REPRESENTATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

COMPLEXITY; DRINKING WATER; EMERGY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 85053361358     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12338     Document Type: Article

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