Soil quality index: Exploring options for a comprehensive assessment of land use impacts in LCA.

ABSTRACT: Impacts associated with land use are increasingly recognized as important aspects to consider when conducting Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Across the existing models accounting for land use activities in life cycle impact assessment, a balance is yet to be found between complexity and comprehensiveness on one hand, and applicability on the other hand. This work builds on the LANd use indicator value CAlculation (LANCA^®) model, assessing the impacts of land use activities on five soil properties, and aims at developing an aggregated index to improve its applicability. First a statistical analysis is conducted, leading to the shortlisting of the four most significant soil quality indicators. Then two options for aggregating the selected indicators are presented: the soil quality i

SUBMITTER: De Laurentiis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472660 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature