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A globally regionalized method for life cycle impact assessment (LCIA).

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Methodology

Bulle C., Margni M., Patouillard L., Boulay A., Bourgault G., De Bruille V., Cao V., Hauschild M., Henderson A., Humbert S., Kashef-Haghighi S., Kounina A., Laurent A., Annie Levasseur A., Liard G., K. Rosenbaum R., Roy P-O., Shaked S., Fantke P. & Jolliet O. (2019).

IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01583-0

Application and use

Jolliet O, Shanna S, Saadé-Sbeih M, Bulle C, Jolliet A, Crettaz P, 2015. Chapter 5 Life Cycle Impact Assessment. in Jolliet et al., Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, in CRC-Press, ISBN 9781439887660, 105-144
Jolliet O, Saadé M, Crettaz P and Shanna S, 2017. Chapitre 5. Analyse de l’impact evironmental. Dans Jolliet et al., Analyse du cycle de vie: comprendre et réaliser un écobilan. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, ISBN: 2-88074-568-3, pp.242. Troisième édition.

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Acidification

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Eutrophication

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Land use

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