Agricultural waste is a huge pool of untapped biomass resources that may even represent
economic and environmental burdens. They can be converted into bioenergy and bio-based …

Defining sustainable cities is not straightforward. The main issues involved in urban
sustainability are buildings, energy, food, green areas and landscape, mobility, urban …

Evaluating holistically environmental impacts of land planning policies implies to take into
account several aspects, intimately related both to territorial features and to production …

The concept of urban metabolism has often been used to model and analyze urban regions
to provide insights on their environmental sustainability. However, no consensus exists on …

The conception of urban metabolism has considered the perspective of environmental
sustainability in the framework of cities. In this context, cities can be regarded complex …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodological tool that estimates the environmental
footprint from a cradle-to-grave perspective. With the increased need for the geographically …

Water is a growing concern in cities, and its sustainable management is very complex. Life
cycle assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used to assess the environmental impacts of …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method that focuses on measuring indicators and making
decisions in the environmental dimension. However, its isolation from economic, social, and …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodological framework that estimates
environmental impacts of products, systems or services in a life cycle perspective (from …

The main goal of a sustainability assessment is to evaluate the impact of systems (eg,
human or natural ones) on areas sought to be protected and maintained over time (eg …