Elgar Encyclopedia of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

Marzia Traverso, Jana G. Backes (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

752 Seiten

2026
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-0988-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The Elgar Encyclopedia of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment provides concise and authoritative information on the methods, standards, and best practices in sustainability assessment.

The Encyclopedia promotes the use of standardized language in order to ensure the successful interdisciplinary implementation of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). It systematically defines both fundamental and advanced terms, including sustainable development goals, characterization factors, and photochemical ozone creation potential, addressing the challenges of consistent application and interdisciplinary communication within sustainability assessment frameworks. Entries enable terms, indicators, and methods to be uniformly understood and applied across sectors, regions, and disciplines to ensure transparency and comparability in the field.



This work is an essential resource for scholars and students of economics, geography, and sociology, particularly those interested in sustainability and the environment. It is also highly beneficial for practitioners and policymakers seeking a harmonized understanding of life cycle sustainability assessment.



Key Features:





Includes 195 entries from leading international authors
Presents information in an accessible and engaging manner
Provides thematic depth and further reading for subject experts
Represents an important milestone for defining and referencing terms in the sustainability assessment of product lifecycles

Autor

Edited by Marzia Traverso, Professor and Director of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering and Jana Gerta Backes, Junior Professor and Chair of Safety, Security and Sustainability Evaluations in Foresight Research (SAF), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Inhalt

Contents
Preface vii
List of contributors ix
1 Abiotic depletion potentia 1
Marco Jabara and Alessandro Manzardo
2 Acidification potential 5
Hashash Zaid
3 Attributional life cycle assessment 9
Andrea Paulillo
4 Benchmarking 13
Mauro Cordella
5 Biodiversity loss 15
Tobias Hatzfeld and Christoph Scope
6 Carbon footprint 19
Stephan Krinke and Yu-Yi Lin
7 Characterisation factors 21
Bo P. Weidema
8 Child labor impact subcategory 23
Elmo Grazia Chiara
9 Children stakeholder category 27
Grazia Chiara Elmo
10 Circular economy 31
Berfin Bayram, Kathrin Greiff, and Wiebke Hagedorn
11 Circularity 35
Berfin Bayram, Kathrin Greiff, and Wiebke Hagedorn
12 Classification 39
Bo P. Weidema
13 Climate change 41
Stephan Krinke and Yu-Yi Lin
14 Closed loop 45
Giuseppe Ioppolo
15 CML 2001 method 51
Pamela Haverkamp
16 Co-product handling 55
Bo P. Weidema
17 Completeness check 59
Tobias Hatzfeld
18 Consequential life cycle assessment 61
Carlo Ingrao and Sara Toniolo
19 Consistency check 65
Tobias Hatzfeld
20 Consumer health and safety impact subcategory 69
Rose Mankaa
21 Consumer stakeholder category 73
Joana Fedato Pogoda
22 Corporate carbon footprint 77
Peter Saling
23 Corporate social responsibility 85
Rupert J. Baumgartner, Josef-Peter Schöggl, and Martina Zimek
24 Corporate sustainability 89
Peter Saling
25 Corruption impact subcategory 93
Monica Serreli
26 Cost in life cycle costing 99
Christoph Scope
27 Cradle to cradle 103
Paulillo Andrea
28 Cradle to gate 109
Andrea Paulillo
29 Cradle to grave 111
Andrea Paulillo
30 Critical resources 115
Andrea Gian Blengini
31 Critical review 119
Inaba Atsushi
32 Cultural heritage Impact subcategory 123
Monika Cera
33 Cumulative energy demand 127
Saverio De Franceschi, Wu Junzhang, and Alessandro Manzardo
34 Cumulative energy demand 133
Nils Pauliks
35 Cut-off criteria 139
Inaba Atsushi
36 Data integration 143
Visentin Caroline
37 Data quality distance 147
Caroline Visentin
38 Data quality goals 151
Caroline Visentin
39 Data quality indicators 155
Caroline Visentin
40 Data variability 159
Caroline Visentin
41 Decision-maker and decision-making 163
Luoqin Liu, Alessandro Manzardo, and Junzhang Wu
42 Decision support 169
Brandão Miguel
43 Delocalization and migration 173
Ravi Rohit
44 Downcycling/downgrading 177
Lucia Rigamonti
45 Downstream 181
Giulia Cavenago and Lucia Rigamonti
46 Dynamic life cycle sustainability assessment 185
Amini Toosi Hashem
47 Eco-design 189
Mauro Cordella
48 Eco-efficiency 193
Sarina Achterfeldt
49 Ecoinvent 199
Gabriella Buttitta and Davide Lo Presti
50 Economic allocation 203
Bo P. Weidema
51 Economic input–output analysis 205
Joilson A. Cabral, Paulo V.S. Lima, Amaro O. Pereira Jr, Matheus A. Santos, Holger Schlör, Sally Springer, Johannes Többen, Sandra Venghaus, Stefan Vögele, and Petra Zapp
52 Ecosystem 209
Sally Springer, Christina Wulf, and Petra Zapp
53 Ecosystem quality 211
Christina Wulf
54 Ecotoxicity (potential) (including terrestrial and marine/aquatic) 215
Monu George Varghese
55 Education provided in the local community impact subcategory 221
Rohit Ravi
56 Elementary flow 225
Benedetto Rugani
57 Employment relationship impact subcategory 229
Gijs Krekel
58 End-of-life responsibility impact subcategory 233
Anna Luthin
59 Endpoint impact category 237
Andrea Paulillo
60 Energy 241
Clemens Mostert
61 Environmental assessment 245
Yahong Dong and Md Hossain Uzzal
62 Environmental footprint 251
Yahong Dong and Md Hossain Uzzal
63 Environmental hotspot analysis 257
Nicholas M. Holden
64 Environmental impact 261
Yahong Dongand Md Uzzal Hossain
65 Environmental impact assessment method 269
Anna Maria Ferrari, Carlo Ingrao, and Roberto Rosa
66 Environmental impact category 275
Suzana Ostojic
67 Environmental input–output model 281
Keitaro Maeno and Masaharu Motoshita
68 Environmental Kuznets curve 285
Mario Grosso
69 Environmental management 289
Yahong Dong and Md Uzzal Hossain
70 Environmental product declaration 295
Pamela Haverkamp
71 Environmental responsibility 299
Mario Grosso
72 Environmental sustainability 303
Yahong Dong and Md Uzzal Hossain
73 Equal opportunities 309
Arij Chabrawi
74 Eutrophication potential 313
Jinhui Zhou
75 Exposure assessment method 317
Kamrul Islam and Masaharu Motoshita
76 Externalities 321
Amini Toosi Hashem
77 Fair competition impact subcategory 325
Bruna Pereira de Souza
78 Fair salary impact subcategory 329
Sabrina Neugebauer
79 Feedback mechanism impact subcategory 335
Gijs Krekel
80 Forced labour 337
Arij Chabrawi
81 Foreground/background process 341
Gabriella Buttitta and Davide Lo Presti
82 Freedom of association and collective bargaining impact subcategory 345
Luigia Petti and Maria Tragnone
83 Freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity potential 351
Mario Grosso and Stefano Puricelli
84 Functional unit 357
Benedetto Rugani
85 Global warming potential 361
Stephan and Stephan Krinke and Yu-Yi LinLin
86 Goal and scope phase 365
Jana Gerta Backes
87 Greenhouse gas emissions 369
Stephan Krinke and Yu-Yi Lin
88 Health issues for children as consumers impact subcategory 373
Bruna Pereira de Souza
89 Human toxicity potential 377
Supriya Mahlan and Olubukola Tokede
90 Hybrid life cycle assessment 383
Nicholas M. Holden
91 Impact pathway 387
Bo P. Weidema
92 Industrial metabolism 391
Nicholas M. Holden
93 Input–output analysis 397
Saroj Kumar Chapagain and Edeltraud Guenther
94 Input–output 399
Patrick Haun
95 Integrated assessment model 403
Nicholas M. Holden
96 Interpretation 407
Jana Gerta Backes
97 Inventory analysis 411
Sally K Springer,Christina Wulf, and Petra Zapp
98 Life cycle and life cycle perspective 415
David Hysi
99 Life cycle assessment 419
David Hysi
100 Life cycle costing 423
AnnaLuthin
101 Life cycle crowns 427
Blanca Corona
102 Life cycle impact assessment 429
Roland Meyer
103 Life cycle interpretation 433
Blanca Corona
104 Life Cycle Inventory 439
Filomena Ardolino, Umberto Arena, and Francesco Parrillo
105 Life cycle sustainability assessment 445
Jana Gerta Backes
106 Life cycle thinking 449
Blanca Corona
107 Local community 451
Zaid Hashash
108 Local employment impact subcategory 455
Manuela D’Eusanio
109 Marine plastic waste 459
Isaac Akinwumi and Olubukola Tokede
110 Material flow 463
Berfin Bayram, Kathrin Greiff, and Wiebke Hagedorn
111 Material flow analysis 465
Berfin Bayram, Kathrin Greiff, and Wiebke Hagedorn
112 Material footprint 469
Berfin Bayram, Kathrin Greiff, Wiebke Hagedorn, and Benedikt Verkic
113 Midpoints impact categories 473
Roland Meyer
114 Monetarization 477
Christoph Scope
115 Monte Carlo simulation 483
Antonino Marvuglia
116 Multi-criteria decision making 485
Arij Chabrawiand Bruna Pereira de Souza
117 Normalization 489
Shokri ManouchehrManouchehr
118 Nutritional life cycle assessment 495
Carlo Ingrao, Thomas Nemecek, Alba Reguant-Closa, and Silvia Zingale
119 Organizational life cycle assessment 503
Alexandra Weniger
120 Ozone depletion potential 507
Lukas Messmann
121 Pedigree matrix 515
Hashem Amini Toosi
122 Photochemical ozone creation potential 519
Lars Wietschel
123 Physical allocation 523
Miguel Brandão and Bo P. Weidema
124 Planetary boundaries 527
Rupert J. Baumgartner, Josef-Peter Schöggl, and Martina Zimek
125 Positive impact 533
Arij Chabrawi
126 Poverty alleviation impact subcategory 537
Luigia Petti and Federica Silveri
127 Prevention and mitigation of armed conflicts impact subcategory 541
Monika Cera
128 Product and service 545
Kamrul Islam and Masaharu Motoshita
129 Product environmental footprint 547
Pamela Haverkamp
130 Product system model 551
Kamru lIslam and Masaharu Motoshita
131 Productivity 553
Hashem Amini Toosi
132 Product social impact life cycle assessment 557
Davis Jose
133 Rebound effect 561
Antonino Marvuglia
134 ReCiPe 563
Katharina Roche
135 Recycling 567
Anna Luthin
136 Recycling rate 571
Anna Luthin
137 Reference flow 575
Jana Gerta Backes
138 Reference scale approach 577
Cinzia Capitano, Antonio Covais, and Marzia Traverso
139 Resource depletion 583
Mario Grosso
140 Resource efficiency 587
Isabella Bianco
141 Respect of indigenous rights impact subcategory 591
Monika Cera
142 Respect of intellectual property rights 595
Luigia Petti, Federica Silveri, and Biancamaria Tragnone
143 Respect of intellectual property rights 599
Monu George Varghese
144 Safe and healthy living conditions impact category 603
Bernadette Sidonie Libom and Alessandro Manzardo
145 Scarcity 609
Antonino Marvuglia
146 Secure living conditions impact subcategory 611
Davis Jose
147 Sensitivity analysis 613
Jana Gerta Backes
148 Sexual harassment impact subcategory 615
Monika Cera
149 Smallholders including farmers impact subcategory 619
Jessica Hanafi
150 Social benefits/social security impact subcategory 623
Katharina Roche and Martina Zimek
151 Social footprint and handprint 627
Arij Chabrawi
152 Social hotspot 631
Gabriella Arcese
153 Social hotspot analysis 635
Davis Jose
154 Social hotspot database 639
Gabriella Arcese
155 Social impact subcategories 643
Antonio Covais, Maria Concetta Pedalà, and Marzia Traverso
156 Social indicators 649
Davis Jose
157 social life cycle assessment 653
Alexandra Weniger
158 Social organizational life cycle assessment 657
Manuela D’Eusanio
159 Social performance measurement 663
Davis Jose
160 Social risk assessment 667
Davis Jose
161 Social sustainability 671
Natalia A. CanoCano, Guido Sonnemann, and Sonia Valdivia
162 Social well-being 677
Lucia Mancini
163 Society stakeholder category 681
Giuseppe Cecere and Lucia Rigamonti
164 Stakeholder 685
Lucia Mancini
165 Stakeholder analysis and involvement 689
Lucia Mancini
166 Stakeholder category 693
Lucia Mancini
167 Subcategories 697
Alessia Biondo, Cinzia Capitano, Antonio Covais, and Marzia Traverso
168 Subcategory assessment method 701
Luigia Petti
169 Substitution 705
Miguel Brandão and Bo P. Weidema
170 Supplier relationship impact subcategory 709
Manuela D’Eusanio
171 Sustainability 713
Antonio Covais, Shammas Saleem, and Marzia Traverso
172 Sustainability improvement 719
Mauro Cordella
173 Sustainability indicators 721
Rose Nangah Mankaa
174 Sustainable development goals 727
Jana Gerta Backes
175 Sustainable resource extraction 733
Nils Jäger
176 System boundary 737
Pamela Haverkamp
177 Transformation 741
Nils Jäger
178 Transparency impact subcategory 745
Jana Gerta Backes
179 Triple bottom line 749
Olubukola Tokede and Sruthii Venkata Subaramani
180 Uncertainty 753
Roberta Salomone
181 Uncertainty analysis 757
Roberta Salomone
182 Upstream 761
Roberta Salomone
183 Urban metabolism 767
Giuseppe Ioppolo
184 Urban resource harvesting 771
Giuseppe Ioppolo
185 Use stage 775
Sally K. Springer, Christina Wulf, and Petra Zapp
186 USEtox 779
Rose Nangah Mankaa
187 Value chain actors 785
Roland Meyer
188 VIKOR 789
Antonino Marvuglia
189 Waste 791
Filomena Ardolino, Umberto Arena, and Francesco Parrillo
190 Water footprint 795
Markus Berger
191 Wealth distribution impact subcategory 799
Bruna Pereira de Souza
192 Weighting 803
Bo P. Weidema
193 Worker health and safety impact subcategory 807
Arij Chabrawi
194 Workers stakeholder category 811
Maria Giovina Pasca
195 Working hours impact subcategory 815
Maria Giovina Pasca

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.3.2026
• Reihe/Serie: Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series
• Verlagsort: Cheltenham
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 169 x 244 mm
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 1-0353-0988-2 / 1035309882
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0353-0988-7 / 9781035309887
• Zustand: Neuware