chapter 1 Introduction: History of Life Cycle Costing, Its Categorization, and Its Basic Framework -- chapter 2 Modelling for Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 3 Environmental Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 4 Integrating External Effects into Life Cycle Costing -- chapter 5 Life Cycle Costing in Life Cycle Management -- chapter 6 A Survey of Current Life Cycle Costing Studies -- chapter 7 Life Cycle Costing Case Studies -- chapter 8 Conclusions -- chapter 9 Outlook: Role of Environmental Life Cycle Costing in Sustainability Assessment.