Consideration of Abiotic Natural Resources in Life Cycle Assessments

• Glavni autor: Mario Schmidt (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektronički Poglavlje knjige
• Jezik: engleski
• Izdano: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Teme: Environmental economics; Mining; Environmental Impact; Life Cycle Assessment; Scarcity; Resource depletion; Mineral resources production
• Online pristup: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The book contains a collection of articles dealing with how the extraction of mineral resources can be considered in environmental analyses such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The consumption of resources, e.g., metals, is increasing strongly worldwide. This is associated with more energy use; envi...