Approaches to valuation in LCA impact assessment

Powell, Jane C., Pearce, David W. and Craighill, Amelia L. (1997) Approaches to valuation in LCA impact assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2 (1). pp. 11-15. ISSN 0948-3349

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Abstract

One of the major problems with the future development of lifecycle assessment is the difficulty in converting lifecycle inventory results into environmental impacts, owing to problems associated with the interpretation and weighting of the data. The four main valuation approaches: distance-to-target, environmental control costs, environmental damage costs and scoring approaches are assessed and the individual methodologies evaluated. In conclusion it is considered that in a country which has clear, up-to-date, politically acceptable emission standards, a distance-to-target valuation system maybe acceptable. However, these circumstances are likely to be rare, and the choice of standards arbitrary and not scientifically based. Therefore a better choice is probably environmental damage costs, provided suitable economic damage figures are available.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2011 09:53
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 02:03
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/34332
DOI:	10.1007/BF02978709

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