| Autore |
Basset-Mens Claudine
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Quae, , [2021]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (210 pages)
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| Disciplina |
338.1
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| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Economic aspects
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| ISBN |
2-7592-3467-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Preface7 -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1. LCA within developing and emerging economies11 -- Land tenure issues11 -- Environmental vs. economic development concerns 13 -- Most developing and emerging countries are located in the tropical zone13 -- Inadequate input issues14 -- Research and development priorities and capacities 15 -- 2. The purpose of this operational guide 17 -- 3. Standards, guidelines and tools19 -- 4. Preparation process and intended audience25 -- Part 2 Agri-food LCA in developing and emerging contexts -- 5. State of the art of agri-food LCA29 -- 6. Specific challenges for agri-food LCA in developing -- and emerging contexts 35 -- Diversity of agri-food systems due to specific natural conditions -- and combined socio-economic constraints35 -- Data gaps on the systems to be characterized36 -- Varying awareness and capacities of stakeholders 39 -- 7. Established and emerging initiatives43 -- Part 3 Overcoming the challenges for robust agri-food LCA in developing -- and emerging economies -- 8. Co-designing the study with stakeholders49 -- Overview of the approach49 -- Critical analysis of the demand, constraints and avoidance strategies 51 -- The community of the study54 -- Working as a team in the field 61 -- Management of ethics and rights for stakeholders65 -- System boundaries, typologies and sampling strategies71 -- 9. Building life cycle inventories79 -- Foreground data collection79 -- Direct field emissions87 -- Background data collection94 -- Quality management and critical review (CR)95 -- 10. Performing impact assessment97 -- Overview of available and recommended sets of LCIA methods 97 -- Impact categories 102 -- 11. Interpreting the results for each stakeholder category 103 -- Accounting for uncertainty in LCA studies103 -- Comparing results with previous studies111 -- Sharing and communicating results to support decisions112 -- Part 4 Conclusions and moving forward -- Part 5 Appendices -- A. Guidelines / ISO Norms: a brief overview121 -- ISO, 2006. ISO - 14040:2006 - Environmental management - Life cycle -- assessment - Principles and framework, Environmental Management.121 -- ISO, 2006. ISO - 14044:2006 - Environmental management - Life cycle -- assessment - Requirements and guidelines. Geneva.121 -- B. Commonly used direct field emission models122 -- C. LCA resources126 -- Networks and platforms126 -- Databases and software131 -- Research and universities133 -- D. Data collection and confidentiality: check list and points -- of vigilance 135 -- Data collection and confidentiality 135 -- Points of vigilance135 -- Tools and best practices for data management 136 -- E. Recommendations for designing a sampling protocol according -- to PAS 2050-1 137 -- F. Best practices for agri-food LCAs, at the system level 138 -- G. Free tools to model field emissions for LCI 143 -- Emission models online143 -- GHG calculators143 -- H. Detailed guidance on impact categories 144 -- Global Warming or Climate Change impact144 -- Soil quality impact152 -- Human toxicity and ecotoxicity 158 -- Biodiversity due to LULUC166 -- Water scarcity footprint 170 -- I. LCIA methods recommended by the Life Cycle Initiative -- and EF 3.0 176 -- J. Detailed guidance on the use of the qualitative assessment of data -- in LCA according to the European PEFCR Guidance (EC 2018)178 -- Qualitative diagnosis178 -- Uncertainty approximation 180 -- K. How to display LCA results while avoiding bias due to -- visualization choices? 181 -- Refer to "useful ink" concept 181 -- Which type of graph is the most effective for most LCIA results? -- (histograms)181 -- References183 -- Glossary 201 -- Abbreviations204 -- List of authors 207.
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Life cycle assessment of agre-food systems
Life Cycle Assessment of Agri-Food Systems
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774616403321 |
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Life cycle assessment of agre-food systems : an operational guide dedicated to developing and emerging economies / / Claudine Basset-Mens
