Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact Jacob-Lopes

Sustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental ImpactIndustrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment\nAuthor(s): Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Mariany Costa Depra\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128234112, 978-0128234112\nSynopsis\nSustainability Metrics and Indicators of Environmental Impact: Industrial and Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment covers trending topics on the environmental impact of systems of production, putting emphasis on lifecycle assessment (LCA). This methodology is one of the most important tools of analysis, as mathematical models are applied that will quantify the systematic inputs and outputs of the processes in order to evaluate the sustainability of industrial processes and products. In this sense, LCA is mainly a tool to support environmental decision-making that analyzes the environmental impacts of products and technologies from.