Land use modeling: from farm to food systems
H.H.E. van Zantena, A. Mullerb,c and A. Frehnera,b aFarming Systems Ecology group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands bDepartment of Socioeconomics, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland cInstitute of Environmental Decisions, Federal Institutes of Technology Zurich ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract
In this chapter we discuss how methodological choices can lead to different solutions when assessing land use. We focus on the following three methodologies: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Land Use Ratio (LUR), and the food systems approach. Each method has its own strengths. LCA offers the best estimates of how we should change our diets ...
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