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LCA background system

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003703

The background system consists of processes on which no or, at best, indirect influence may be exercised by the decision-maker for which an LCA (Life cycle assessment) is carried out.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003703
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymslife cycle assessment background system
ReferencesFrischknecht R (1998). Life cycle inventory analysis for decision-making: scope-dependent inventory system models and context-specific joint product allocation. Ph.D. thesis, Energy Technology Department, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsolife cycle assessment; LCA foreground system
TranslationsSpanish: sistema en segundo plano del ACV
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003703",
  "term": "LCA background system",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The background system consists of processes on which no or, at best, indirect influence may be exercised by the decision-maker for which an LCA (Life cycle assessment) is carried out.",
  "synonyms": [
    "life cycle assessment background system"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "life cycle assessment",
    "LCA foreground system"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Frischknecht R (1998). Life cycle inventory analysis for decision-making: scope-dependent inventory system models and context-specific joint product allocation. Ph.D. thesis, Energy Technology Department, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sistema en segundo plano del ACV"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/lca-background-system/"
}

Record 3,703 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.