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LCA Methodology
The Valuation Step within LCA - Part I: General principles
Stephan Volkwein; Walter Klöpffer
Corresponding author:: Dr. S. Volkwein, C.A.U. GmbH, Daimlerstraße 23, D-63303 Dreieich/Frankfurt, Germany
Some basic principles required for the development of a valuation procedure in life cycle assessment are described. International human rights conventions and international environmental laws and conventions are analyzed for the usefulness in obtaining general principles for the valuation step of life cycle assessment. The human right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the conventions of the Earth Summit in Rio 1992, and Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 1987, and other treaties and conventions are shown to be a suitable basis for the valuation. | | Keywords: Agenda 21; Earth Summit; Earth Summit; human rights; human rights; life cycle assessment; life cycle assessment; precautionary principle; precautionary principle; right to life; right to life; sustainable devel; sustainable development; valuationAgenda 21 |
1 LCA (1) 36-39 (1996)
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