Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) — Quo vadis?

LCA - Quo vadis? discusses overarching topics, new developments and major problems of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and compares LCA with site-specific environmental management. The text profits from two years of interdisciplinary, coordinated research activities of the Priority Programme Environment...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schaltegger, S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Themenhefte Schwerpunktprogramm Umwelt
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Introduction
  • 1 Two Paths
  • B Overarching Topics of LCA
  • 2 System Boundaries
  • 3 Allocation of Environmental Interventions
  • 4 Background Inventory Data
  • 5 Imprecision and Uncertainty in LCA
  • 6 Relevant Environmental Interventions
  • 7 The Software Tool EMIS
  • C Case Study
  • 8 Case Study “FeldschlÖsschen”
  • D Environmental Management of Production Sites
  • 9 Eco-Efficiency of LCA. The Necessity of a Site-Specific Approach
  • 10 Managerial Eco-Controlling
  • E Conclusions
  • 11 Summary and Conclusions
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A: Publications of KOPÖ Research Groups
  • Appendix B: Authors
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms