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Background and Future Prospects in Life Cycle Assessment

  • The first volume of a major new book series: LCA Compendium -The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment
  • Offers experts’ perspectives on state-of-the-art LCA practice, including both strengths and limitations
  • Introduces LCA in a comprehensive manner, illuminating all aspects of LCA practice and application in detail
  • Provides historical information and references on the fundamentals of LCA practice and future development
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. The UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative

    • Guido Sonnemann, Sonia Valdivia
    Pages 107-144
  3. Challenges in Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of Current Gaps and Research Needs

    • Matthias Finkbeiner, Robert Ackermann, Vanessa Bach, Markus Berger, Gerhard Brankatschk, Ya-Ju Chang et al.
    Pages 207-258
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 259-262

About this book

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become the recognized instrument to assess the ecological burdens and human health impacts connected with the complete life cycle (creation, use, end-of-life) of products, processes and activities, enabling the assessor to model the entire system from which products are derived or in which processes and activities operate. This volume introduces the major new book series LCA Compendium - The Complete World of Life Cycle Assessment. In this volume, the main drivers in the development of LCA are explored. The volume also discusses strengths and limitations in LCA as well as challenges and gaps, thus offering an unbiased picture of the state-of-the-art and future of LCA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • LCA Consult & Review, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Walter Klöpffer

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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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