Life cycle assessment : principles, practice, and prospects / Ralph Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese.
Publication details: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub. c2009.Description: xi, 175 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780643094529 (pbk.)
- 0643094520 (pbk.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Chapter1. Life Cycle Assessment: Origins, Principles and Context 1
Chapter2. The Development of Life Cycle assessment Methods and Applications 9
Chapter3. Life Cycle Assessment in Practice 23
Chapter4. Life cycle Assessment as Decision Support: a systemic Critique 33
Chapter5. The Australian Environment: Impact Assessment in a Sunburnt Country 43
Chapter6. Life cycle Assessment and Waste Management 51
Chapter7. Life Cycle Assessment: applications in the Built Environment 75
Chapter8. Will the well Run Dry? Development in Water Resource Planning and Impact Assessment 93
Chapter9. Life Cycle Assessment and Agriculture: Changes and Practices 107
Chapter10. Climate Change Responses: Carbon Offsets, Biofuels and the Life Cycle Assessment Contribution 125
Chapter11. Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment Uptake: Life Cycle Management and ‘Quick’ LCA Tools 141
Chapter12. Prospects for Life Cycle Assessment Development and Practice in the Quest for Sustainable Consumption 161
Index 173
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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