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Salinisation impacts in life cycle assessment : a review of challenges and options towards their consistent integration

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العنوان: Salinisation impacts in life cycle assessment : a review of challenges and options towards their consistent integration
المؤلفون: Payen, S., Basset-Mens, C., Nunez, M., Follain, S., /Grunberger, Olivier, Marlet, S., Perret, S., Roux, P.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: IRD (Institute de recherche pour le développement): Horizon
مصطلحات موضوعية: Irrigation, Land use change, Life cycle impact assessment, Life cycle inventory, Salinisation, Soil, Resource, Water
الوصف: Salinisation is a threat not only to arable land but also to freshwater resources. Nevertheless, salinisation impacts have been rarely and only partially included in life cycle assessment (LCA) so far. The objectives of this review paper were to give a comprehensive overview of salinisation mechanisms due to human interventions, analyse the completeness, relevance and scientific robustness of existing published methods addressing salinisation in LCA and provide recommendations towards a comprehensive integration of salinisation within the impact modelling frameworks in LCA. First, with the support of salinisation experts and related literature, we highlighted multiple causes of soil and water salinisation and presented induced effects on human health, ecosystems and resources. Second, existing life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods addressing salinisation were analysed against the International Reference Life Cycle Data System analysis grid of the European Commission. Third, adopting a holistic approach, the modelling options for salinisation impacts were analysed in agreement with up-to-date LCIA frameworks and models. We proposed a categorisation of salinisation processes in four main types based on salinisation determinism: land use change, irrigation, brine disposal and overuse of a water body. For each salinisation type, key human management and biophysical factors involved were identified. Although the existing methods addressing salinisation in LCA are important and relevant contributions, they are often incomplete with regards to both the salinisation pathways they address and their geographical validity. Thus, there is a lack of a consistent framework for salinisation impact assessment in LCA. In analysing existing LCIA models, we discussed the inventory and impact assessment boundary options. The land use/land use change framework represents a good basis for the integration of salinisation impacts due to a land use change but should be completed to account for off-site impacts. Conversely, the ...
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اللغة: English
Relation: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066701; oai:ird.fr:fdi:010066701; Payen S., Basset-Mens C., Nunez M., Follain S., Grunberger Olivier, Marlet S., Perret S., Roux P. Salinisation impacts in life cycle assessment : a review of challenges and options towards their consistent integration. 2016, 21 (4), p. 577-594
الاتاحة: https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010066701
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.36D8FFC
قاعدة البيانات: BASE