An Approach to Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment by Evaluating Structural Economic Sequences

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION

Section 1.1 – Introduction

Section 1.2 – Hypothesis and Intent of Dissertation

Section 1.3 – Importance of Topic

Section 1.4 – Research Approach

Section 1.5 – Limitations and Key Assumptions

Section 1.6 – Contributions to knowledge

CHAPTER 2 – BACKGROUND

Section 2.1 – Static versus Dynamic economic models general

Section 2.2 – Static and Dynamic I-O Models

Section 2.3 – Equilibrium and Economic Input-Output Analysis

Section 2.4 – Structural Change and Technological Change

Section 2.5 – Changing Prices in the I-O model

Section 2.6 – Environmental I-O Models

Section 2.7 – Static and Dynamic LCA

CHAPTER 3 – RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Section 3.1 – The General Model

Section 3.2 – Introduction to SIM

Section 3.3 – Life-cycle SIM

Section 3.4 – Emissions to the Environment

Section 3.5 – Summary of Life-cycle SIM

CHAPTER 4 – CASE STUDY

Section 4.1 – Introduction

Section 4.2 ­– Case study

Section 4.3 – Model Implementation and Data Structure Development

Section 4.4 – Experimental Design

Section 4.5 – Model Calibration

Section 4.6 – Model Implementation and Results

CHAPTER 5 – ANALYSIS

Section 5.1 – Introduction

Section 5.2 ­– Results of the Case study

Section 5.3 – An Expanded Perspective of LCA

Section 5.4 – Future Research Needs

CHAPTER 6 – SUMMARY

APPENDIX A – Environmental Economic I-O References

APPENDIX B – Dynamic LIFE-CYCLE SIM model

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