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Preface vii

Who Wrote the Book?

A total of 68 authors contributed to the writing of this book (see short presentations
of contributors at the end of each chapter). The core team consisted of researchers
from the division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment at the Department of
Management Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, where the three
editors have or have had their employment (Ralph Rosenbaum now is an Industrial
Chair for Environmental and Social Sustainability Assessment at the French
National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and
Agriculture (Irstea) in Montpellier, France). Other contributions were solicited from
leading experts within each field from the rest of the world, in particular for dis-
cussion of the different applications of LCA.

Who made it Possible?

A book like this requires much work apart from the writing of the text before your
eyes, and it had never reached your hands without the indispensable contributions
from staff of the division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment at the
Department of Management Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark.
We also wish to thank all contributing authors for their timely and fine contri-
butions, their constructive collaboration and not least their patience with a pro-
duction process that lasted far beyond what was planned when we started.
We hope that this book will find a broad audience worldwide and strengthen the
assessment of sustainability in the future, because what gets measured gets
managed…

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Michael Z. Hauschild
Montpellier, France Ralph K. Rosenbaum
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Stig Irving Olsen