Integration of System Dynamics Approach Toward Deepening and Broadening the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework: A Case for Electric Vehicles
Quantitative life cycle sustainable assessment requires a complex and multidimensional understanding, which cannot be fully covered by the current portfolio of reductionist-oriented tools. Therefore, there is a dire need on a new generation of modeling tools and approaches that can quantitatively assess the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainability in an integrated way. To this end, this research aims to present a practical and novel approach for (1) broadening the existing life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) framework by considering macrolevel environmental, economic, and social impacts (termed as the triple bottom line), simultaneously, (2) deepening the existing LCSA framework by capturing the complex dynamic relationships between social, environmental, and economic indicators through causal loop modeling, (3) understanding the dynamic complexity of transportation sustainability for the triple bottom line impacts of alternative vehicles, and finally (4) investigating the impacts of various vehicle-specific scenarios as a novel approach for selection of a macrolevel functional unit considering all of the complex interactions in the environmental, social, and economic aspects.
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- © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016.
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Authors:
- Onat, Nuri C
- Kucukvar, Murat
- Tatari, Omer
- Egilmez, Gokhan
- Publication Date: 2016-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 1009-1034
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Serial:
- International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
- Volume: 21
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Springer Publishing
- ISSN: 0948-3349
- EISSN: 1614-7502
- Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11367
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; Evaluation and assessment; Life cycle analysis; Sustainable development; Vehicle dynamics
- Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01617725
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 23 2016 3:55PM