Ambiguities in Decision-oriented Life Cycle Inventories - The Role of Mental Models and Values (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

In an environmental life cycle assessment of products (LCA), an unambiguous, scientifically based, objective' attribution of material and energy flows to a product is pure fiction. This is due to the fundamental epistemological conditions of LCA as a modelling process under the complexity of our socio-economic system. Instead, various mental models and values guide this attribution. This leads to a functional model in a specific decision situation. This book shows for the first time how mental models and values influence this attribution in the life cycle inventory step of LCA. One of the key findings is that the different management rules for a sustainable use of materials must be taken into account for the attribution of material and energy flows to a product. Otherwise, improvement options recommended by an LCA might turn out to even worsen the environmental situation if reassessed from a meta-perspective.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, 17
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Frank Werner
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-3253-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-3253-6
Barcode:	9781402032530

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