ABSTRACT
In this chapter we present a provisional approach to overcoming the disadvantages of site-generic and site-specific methods. This approach is one of the recently developed site-dependent impact assessment methods that can be considered a tradeoff between exactness and feasibility. As with site-specific approaches, fate, exposure and effect information are taken into account, but indicators applicable for classes of emission sites rather than for specific sites are calculated. That is the trade-off between the accurate assessment of the impacts and the practicability of spatial disaggregation for impact assessments in a life-cycle perspective. We note the developing nature of these methods, but regard them as the most promising alternative for future estimations of environmental damages in industrial process chains. The approach is adapted so that it fits perfectly into the methodology presented in the previous chapter. A flowchart for site-dependent impact assessment is proposed and the algorithm of the methodology is applied using the calculated site-dependent impact indicators.
