Towards a comprehensive sustainability methodology to assess anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems : review of the integration of Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental Risk Assessment and Ecosystem Services Assessment Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Nowadays, a variety of methodologies are available to assess local, regional and global impacts of human activities on ecosystems, which include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Ecosystem Services Assessment (ESA). However, none can individually assess both the positive and negative impacts of human activities at different geographical scales in a comprehensive manner. In order to overcome the shortcomings of ...