Life Cycle Assessment: Principles, Practice and Prospects Book

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1) Life Cycle Assessment: Origins, Principles and Context—Ralph E. Horne; 2) The Development of Life cycle Assessment Methods and Applications—Karli L. Verghese, Tim Grant and Ralph E. Horne; 3) Life Cycle Assessment in Practice—Tim Grant; 4) Life Cycle Assessment as Decision Support: A Systemic Critique; 5) The Australian Environment: Impact Assessment in a Sunburnt Country—Tim Grant; 6) Lice Cycle Assessment and Waste Management—Karli L. Verghese; 7) Life cycle Assessment: Applications in the Built Environment—Ralph E. Horne; 8 Will the Well Run Dry? Developments in Water Resource Planning and Impact Assessment—Andrew S. Carre and Ralph E. Horne; 9) Life Cycle Assessment and Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects—Ralph E. Horne and Tim Grant; 10) Climate Change Responses: Carbon Offsets, Biofeuls and the Life cycle Assessment Contribution—Scott McAlister and Ralph E. Horne; 11) Accelerating Life Cycle Assessment Uptake: Life Cycle Management and ‘Quick’ LCA Tools—Ralph E. Horne and Karli L. Verghese; 12) Prospects for Life cycle Assessment Development and Practice in the Quest for Sustainable Consumption—Ralph E. Horne, Tim Grant and Karli L. Verghese; Index.