Geyer, R.R.GeyerStoms, M.M.StomsLindner, J.J.LindnerDavis, F.F.DavisWittstock, B.B.Wittstock2022-03-042022-03-042010https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/22180110.1007/s11367-010-0170-9Conclusions: This study has demonstrated that GIS-based inventory modeling of land use allows important refinements in LCA theory and practice. Using GIS, land use can be modeled as a geospatial and nonlinear function of output. For each spatially explicit process, land use can be expressed within the conventional structure of LCA methodology as a set of elementary input flows of habitat types.en690363journal article