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Social Life Cycle Assessment [PDF]

, 2020
In this chapter, after a brief literature review, the social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) technology is introduced, including fundamental terminologies, steps for Implementing an S-LCA, and seven major assessment methods. A case study is presented to illustrate how the procedure and relevant assessment methods are applied in the S-LCA of a company ...
Wu, Y, Su, D
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A machine learning approach to understand how accessibility influences alluvial gold mining expansion in the Peruvian Amazon

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2023
Alluvial small-scale gold mining (ASGM) mining in the Amazon is expanding fiercely, generating severe environmental degradation, which includes the fast disappearance of primary forests in a highly biodiverse area of the world. Different factors motivate
Gustavo Larrea-Gallegos, Ramzy Kahhat, Ian Vázquez-Rowe, Eduardo Parodi   +3 more
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Assessing Perceptions and Adaptation Responses to Climate Change among Small-Scale Fishery on the Northern Coastal of Bengkulu, Indonesia

The Scientific World Journal, 2023
Small-scale fisheries are facing significant challenges from climate change. Fishers feel the impact of climate change, which forces them to adapt. We, therefore, analyzed local climatic changes, fishers’ perceptions regarding climate change and its ...
Gita Mulyasari, Agung Trisusilo, Nola Windirah, Ira Nurhayati Djarot, Agusta Samodra Putra   +4 more
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Assessing between and within Product Group Variance of Environmental Efficiency of Swiss Agriculture Using Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis

Agronomy, 2021
Food production systems can contribute to the degradation of the environment; thereby endangering the very resource, they depend on. However, while overall large, the environmental impacts of individual agricultural products are disparate.
Dario Pedolin, Johan Six, Thomas Nemecek
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Multi-dimensional damage assessment (MDDA): A case study of El Niño flood disasters in Peru

Climate Risk Management, 2021
Assessing disaster impacts is the pathway to attain informed decision making to mitigate damages. Currently, these impacts are generally analyzed excluding the environmental consequences of disasters. Thus, this study proposes a novel quantitative method,
Eduardo Parodi, Ramzy Kahhat, Ian Vázquez-Rowe   +2 more
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Biogas quality and nutrient remediation in palm oil mill effluent through Chlorella vulgaris cultivation using a photobioreactor [PDF]

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: During this energy transition, research is being done to develop sustainable ways to support the shift to a decarbonized energy and production system.
T. Handayani, I.N. Djarot, N. Widyastuti, F.D. Arianti, A. Rifai, A.I. Sitomurni, M.M.A. Nur, R.N. Dewi, N. Nuha, J. Haryanti, D. Pinardi, Y. Suryana, A. Aziz, E. Syamsudin, T. Rochmadi, P.A. Lomak, A. Hadi, M.D. Pertiwi, E. Yuniastuti, N.A. Putri   +19 more
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Diagnostic multidimensional scaling of institutional and environmental sustainability in a regional public rice enterprise [PDF]

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In developing countries, regional public enterprises are progressively anticipated to serve as catalysts for environmental sustainability within agricultural systems.
A. Riyanto, U.N. Thiyas, F.E. Widjaya, E. WidjaJa, R. Diastuti, , Suryani, Y.P. Erlambang, N. Abbas, S. Trihadi, W. Sulistiono   +9 more
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Social-life cycle assessment of oil palm plantation smallholders in Bengkulu province, Indonesia

Heliyon, 2023
Smallholders are often seen as a weak point in the development of oil palm plantation production. The quality and yield of their production are considered low according to world market standards; the continuity of their production is irregular; and ...
Gita Mulyasari, Ira Nurhayati Djarot, Nugroho Adi Sasongko, Agusta Samodra Putra   +3 more
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Life Cycle Impact Assessment [PDF]

, 2017
This chapter is dedicated to the third phase of an LCA study, the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) where the life cycle inventory’s information on elementary flows is translated into environmental impact scores. In contrast to the three other LCA phases, LCIA is in practice largely automated by LCA software, but the underlying principles, models and
Rosenbaum, R.K., Hauschild, M.Z., Boulay, A.M., Fantke, P., Laurent, A., Nunez, Melanie, Vieira, M.   +6 more
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Environmental Assessment of Austrian Organic Dairy Farms With Closed Regional Production Cycles in a Less Favorable Production Area

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Extensive dairy production in less favorable production areas has a long tradition in Austria. Nevertheless, dairy production also contributes considerable environmental impacts (EIs), e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient losses, and land use ...
Florian Grassauer, Markus Herndl, Laura Iten, Gérard Gaillard   +3 more
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