A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data

Peng, Yechennan; Yang, Liang Emlyn und Scheffran, Jürgen (2021): A life-cycle assessment framework for quantifying the carbon footprint of rural households based on survey data. In: Methodsx, Bd. 8, 101411

Abstract

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 lifecycle 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. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Geowissenschaften > Department für Geographie
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie
• Sprache: Englisch