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1. Introduction to Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM)

Authors : José Augusto de Oliveira, Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva, Fabio Neves Puglieri, Yovana María Barrera Saavedra

Published in: Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Do you know what a product Life Cycle is and how it can help sustainability? Well, before we talk about Life Cycle, let's define some important concepts about sustainability and how Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) fits into the 2030 Development Agenda.

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Title: Introduction to Life Cycle Engineering and Management (LCEM)
Authors: José Augusto de Oliveira
Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva
Fabio Neves Puglieri
Yovana María Barrera Saavedra
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-78043-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-78044-9

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78044-9_1