Handbook on life cycle assessment
Subtitle: operational guide to the ISO standards
By: Jeroen B. Guinée (final editor).
Contributors: Guinée, J. B.
Series: Eco-efficiency in industry and science -- v. 7
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 692
Subjects: Industrial ecology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Product life cycle -- Environmental aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part 1: LCA in perspective1; title: 1. Why a new Guide to LCA?5; title: 2. Main characteristics of LCA 5; title: 3. International developments 10; title: 4. Guiding principles for the present Guide12; title: 5. Reading guide 13; title: Part 2a: Guide15; title: Reading guidance19; title: 1. Management of LCA projects: procedures 21; title: 2. Goal and scope definition 31; title: 3. Inventory analysis41; title: 4. Impact assessment 63; title: 5. Interpretation .97; title: Appendix A: Terms, definitions and abbreviations 109; title: Part 2b: Operational annex121; title: List of tables 125; title: Reading guidance127; title: 1. Management of LCA projects: procedures 129; title: 2. Goal and scope definition 131; title: 3. Inventory analysis133; title: 4. Impact assessment161; title: 5. Interpretation 389; title: 6. References 391; title: Part 3: Scientific background395; title: Reading guidance401; title: 1. General introduction 403; title: 2. Goal and scope definition 455; title: 3. Inventory analysis477; title: 4. Impact assessment 525; title: 5. Interpretation 635; title: 6. References645; title: Annex A: Contributors 659; title: Appendix B: Areas of application of LCA661; title: Appendix C: Partitioning economic inputs and outputs to product systems675.