A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data
This paper presents the development of a life-cycle assessment (LCA) framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of individual households based on detailed household survey data. According to household consumption and production patterns, the comprehensive life-cycle assessment framework is desig...
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| description | This paper presents the development of a life-cycle assessment (LCA) framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of individual households based on detailed household survey data. According to household consumption and production patterns, the comprehensive life-cycle assessment framework is designed with clarified life-cycle boundaries. The framework covers eight types of specific living activities of rural households generated from a large-scale household survey in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in China. Both carbon emissions and carbon sequestrations of households’ consumption and production activities can be assessed, and eventually the integrative carbon footprint is evaluated. The LCA framework enables comprehensive and relatively precise assessment of carbon footprint at a household level and thus adds value to studies in the fields of carbon emission reduction, carbon neutrality and climate policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7e2823d08114022a4d277a9be0d063c2022-12-21T19:38:07ZengElsevierMethodsX2215-01612021-01-018101411A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey dataYechennan Peng0Liang Emlyn Yang1Jürgen Scheffran2Institute of Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Germany; School of Integrated Climate System Sciences, University of Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Kiel University, Germany; Corresponding author.Institute of Geography, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, GermanyThis paper presents the development of a life-cycle assessment (LCA) framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of individual households based on detailed household survey data. According to household consumption and production patterns, the comprehensive life-cycle assessment framework is designed with clarified life-cycle boundaries. The framework covers eight types of specific living activities of rural households generated from a large-scale household survey in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in China. Both carbon emissions and carbon sequestrations of households’ consumption and production activities can be assessed, and eventually the integrative carbon footprint is evaluated. The LCA framework enables comprehensive and relatively precise assessment of carbon footprint at a household level and thus adds value to studies in the fields of carbon emission reduction, carbon neutrality and climate policies.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121002041Life cycle assessment framework of households’ carbon footprint |
| spellingShingle | Yechennan Peng Liang Emlyn Yang Jürgen Scheffran A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data MethodsX Life cycle assessment framework of households’ carbon footprint |
| title | A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| title_full | A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| title_fullStr | A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| title_full_unstemmed | A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| title_short | A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| title_sort | life cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data |
| topic | Life cycle assessment framework of households’ carbon footprint |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121002041 |
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