Workshop on Land Use and Geospatial Aspects of LCA

0854035希格本次研讨会的主题是目前正在进行的关于生物燃料对温室气体排放影响的国际辩论的中心舞台。 迫切需要在分析土地利用对温室气体排放影响的方法上取得进展。 同样的需要存在更普遍的分析土地利用的产品和过程的生命周期评估（LCA）的一个方面，在可持续发展科学和工程的快速新兴领域的核心工具。 本次研讨会的可交付成果是一份多作者报告（将提交供同行评审和出版），阐述了当前的科学现状、关键知识差距以及基于研讨会结果的未来研究拟议议程。 该讲习班将于2009年秋季在纽约州尼亚加拉福尔斯举行，约有50名学术界人士参加。

0854035SeagerThe topic of this workshop is currently at center stage in the international debate that is under way on the impact of biofuels on greenhouse gas emissions. Advances in methodologies to analyze the impacts of land use on greenhouse gas emissions are vitally needed. The same need exists more generally for analyzing land use as an aspect of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of products and processes, a central tool in the rapidly emerging field of sustainability science and engineering. A deliverable for this workshop is a multi-author report (that will be submitted for peer review and publication) articulating the current state-of-the-science, critical knowledge gaps, and a proposed agenda for future research based on workshop findings. There are to be about 50 academic participants in this workshop, which is to be convened at Niagara Falls, NY during the fall of 2009.