Quantifying sustainability: industrial ecology, materials flow and life cycle analysis
S.M. Kaufman, Columbia University, USA
Abstract:
This chapter introduces the field of industrial ecology, including an exploration of its main tool, life cycle analysis (LCA), and discusses how it relates to metropolitan sustainability. The chapter first goes through a brief history of the development of LCA, then runs through some examples of its application to urban sustainability measurement. It also briefly touches on other tools such as materials flow analysis and concludes with an applied example of LCA and a discussion of its benefits and drawbacks.
Key words
industrial ecology
sustainability metrics
life cycle analysis
materials flow analysis ...
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