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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455066603321

Autore

Horne Ralph <1966->

Titolo

Life cycle assessment [[electronic resource] ] : principles, practice and prospects / / Ralph Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-283-15541-9

9786613155412

0-643-09796-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrantTim <1967-> (Timothy Francis)

VergheseKarli

Disciplina

333

Soggetti

Environmental impact analysis - Australia

Life cycle costing - Methodology - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Life cycle assessment: origins, principlesand context; Chapter 2 The development of life cycle assessmentmethods and applications; Chapter 3 Life cycle assessment in practice; Chapter 4 Life cycle assessment as decision support:a systemic critique; Chapter 5 The Australian environment: impactassessment in a sunburnt country; Chapter 6 Life cycle assessment and waste management; Chapter 7 Life cycle assessment: applications in thebuilt environment

Chapter 8 Will the well run dry? Developments in water resourceplanning and impact assessmentChapter 9 Life cycle assessment and agriculture: challengesand prospects; Chapter 10 Climate change responses: carbon offsets,biofuels and the life cycle assessmentcontribution; Chapter 11 Accelerating life cycle assessment uptake:life cycle management and 'quick' LCA tools; Chapter 12 Prospects for life cycle assessmentdevelopment and practice in the questfor sustainable consumption; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on the important practice of LCA in Australia, and provides critical insight into the technique and how it can be used as a problem-



solving tool.