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CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
- Source :
- Annual Review of Environment & Resources; 2004, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p181-C-2, 26p, 6 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2004
-
Abstract
- No other industry in the United States uses more materials by weight than the construction industry. Because of its economic strength and societal importance, it is also a significant polluter and a target of growing stakeholder scrutiny. This review offers an extended, supply chain inclusive framework for the study of the construction industry that serves all the life-cycle stages of society's infrastructure systems, and it summarizes selected literature on the life-cycle environmental assessment of construction materials, designs, and processes. On the basis of identified knowledge gaps, a research agenda is discussed for lesser-studied questions in order to first understand and then eventually reduce the environmental impacts of construction materials, processes, and activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15435938
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annual Review of Environment & Resources
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14892665
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.energy.29.062403.102215