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Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products

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This chapter introduces life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology in terms of the four phases of an LCA: goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory analysis, life cycle impact assessment and interpretation. It also introduces the concepts of attributional and consequential LCA, which relate to many of the challenges described in Chap. 4. Finally, it describes the context and limitations of LCA, and its relation to other environmental systems analysis tools, such as life cycle sustainability assessment and quantitative risk assessment.

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  1. SP Sustainable Built Environment, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Gustav Sandin

  2. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Greg M. Peters & Magdalena Svanström

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Sandin, G., Peters, G.M., Svanström, M. (2016). LCA Methodology. In: Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44027-9_3

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