Exploring the Current Challenges and Opportunities of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment
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Emerging approaches, challenges and opportunities in life cycle assessment.
In the modern economy, international value chains--production, use, and disposal of goods--have global environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) aims to track these impacts and assess them from a systems perspective, identifying strategies for improvement without burden shifting. We review recent developments in LCA, including existing and emerging applications aimed at supporting envi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su11030636