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NALT Full

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
environmental sustainability
industrial ecology
life cycle assessment
LCA background system

Preferred term

LCA background system

Type

Topic

Definition

The background system consists of processes on which no or, at best, indirect influence may be exercised by the decision-maker for which an LCA (Life cycle assessment) is carried out.
Source: Frischknecht R (1998). Life cycle inventory analysis for decision-making: scope-dependent inventory system models and context-specific joint product allocation. Ph.D. thesis, Energy Technology Department, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

life cycle assessment

Related concepts

LCA foreground system

Synonyms

life cycle assessment background system

In other languages

sistema en segundo plano del ACV

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/273646

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