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FIG. 4.5 LCSD graphical scheme (Finkbeiner et al., 2010).

systemic evaluations may be integrated. In particular, the modular approach allows the im-
plementation of political and geographical specificity into the assessment, given the place
specificity of sustainability-related issues and their possible longitudinal dynamics
(Coenen and Truffer, 2012).
The following years have been characterized by the advance of integrated and progres-
sively more complex assessment schemes, such as the one proposed by Halog and Manik
(2011) and reported in Fig. 4.6; in which several multilevel approaches are proposed to inte-
grate the traditional LCA-based scheme, such as multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) or
multiobjective decision making (MODM) to incorporate stakeholders inputs and dynamic
interconnections, data envelopment analysis (DEA) for eco-efficiency evaluation, analytic hi-
erarchy process, and stakeholders/experts analysis for sustainability criteria definition.

4.3 Pathway to standardization: The role of LCI/SETAC/UNEP
in framework definition

As it is largely recognized in LCSA, as in several other topics, a standardization is neces-
sary in order to achieve a common and widely shared description of the principles and frame-
work for formulating, conducting, and reporting LSCA approach and studies. The
importance of a standardization of the processes and the methodologies to develop study,