Horne, Ralph,  1966- <br/><br/>
Life cycle assessment :  principles, practice, and prospects / 
Ralph Horne, Tim Grant, Karli Verghese. 
 - Collingwood, Vic. :  CSIRO Pub.  c2009. 
 - xi, 175 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/>Foreword vii<br/>Acknowledgements ix<br/>Introduction xi<br/>Chapter1. Life Cycle Assessment: Origins, Principles and Context 1<br/>Chapter2. The Development of Life Cycle assessment Methods and Applications 9<br/>Chapter3. Life Cycle Assessment in Practice 23<br/>Chapter4. Life cycle Assessment as Decision Support: a systemic Critique 33<br/>Chapter5. The Australian Environment: Impact Assessment in a Sunburnt Country 43<br/>Chapter6. Life cycle Assessment and Waste Management 51<br/>Chapter7. Life Cycle Assessment: applications in the Built Environment 75<br/>Chapter8. Will the well Run Dry? Development in Water Resource Planning and Impact Assessment 93<br/>Chapter9. Life Cycle Assessment and Agriculture: Changes and Practices 107<br/>Chapter10. Climate Change Responses: Carbon Offsets, Biofuels and the Life Cycle Assessment Contribution 125<br/>Chapter11. Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment Uptake: Life Cycle Management and ‘Quick’ LCA Tools 141<br/>Chapter12. Prospects for Life Cycle Assessment Development and Practice in the Quest for Sustainable Consumption 161<br/>Index 173<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references  and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780643094529 (pbk.) 0643094520 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental impact analysis--Australia.<br/>Life cycle costing--Methodology--Australia.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.714