DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.2.41. The Importance of LCAs

10.1162/jiec.1997.1.2.41

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Journal of Industrial Ecology (311)

Abstract

SummaryLife‐cycle assessment (LCA) is a new method for exploring the environmental implications of human action. Like all methods, it is analytically limited and consequently it must be used with caution. Recent papers have criticized LCA and caution against its use in all but a few narrow applications. Even while accepting many of these arguments, this article argues that LCAs, like other analytic frameworks used in the policy and planning domains, have important uses in shaping the processes by which both products and policies are designed. The arguments made against the use of LCAs omit comparisons to realistic appraisals of alternative and competing methods of environmental assessment.

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Ehrenfeld, J. R. (1997). The Importance of LCAsâWarts and All. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 1(2), 41â49. Portico.

Authors 1

John R. Ehrenfeld (first)

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Created	19 years, 2 months ago (May 29, 2006, 5:40 a.m.)
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Indexed	1 year, 2 months ago (June 11, 2024, 12:34 p.m.)
Issued	28 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1997)
Published	28 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1997)
Published Online	17 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 8, 2008)
Published Print	28 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1997)

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BibTeX

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