Assessing Life Cycle Cost from the Perspective of Climate Change: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Climate change has a major impact on activities in all sectors and the costs involved. These effects lead to economic consequences and are also important for environmental sustainability. Because of this, using resources efficiently, encouraging sustainable production and consumption, and reducing the effects of climate change are now key goals in environmental policy. Strategies that address climate change have become essential for reaching these goals. As a result, sectors need to include climate change in their cost analyses to stay competitive. This study aims to analyze scientific approaches to Life Cycle Costing (LCC) with a specific focus on the implications and integration of climate change. The review covers 1,427 publications published from 1994 to 2025. The publications examined in the study were obtained from the Web of Science database. Bibliometric analysis, along with a systematic literature search, was conducted to support the study findings. The review covered 1,427 publications from 1994 to 2025. There was a sharp rise in publications after 2015, showing that more researchers are interested in including climate change in life cycle cost analysis. The bibliometric analysis found that most research on the link between life cycle cost and climate change, when viewed broadly, comes from China and the United States. The results show that sustainability concerns strongly influence life cycle cost assessments from a climate change perspective. Studies on environmental costs highlight that including climate change impacts in these calculations can give sectors a long-term competitive edge.

Keywords

• Cost
• Life Cycle Cost
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis
• Climate Change
• Bibliometrics
• Systematic Review

Yaşam Döngüsü Maliyetinin İklim Değişikliği Perspektifinden Değerlendirmesi: Sistematik Bir İnceleme ve Bibliyometrik Analiz

Abstract

İklim değişikliğinin, tüm sektörlerdeki faaliyetleri ve bu faaliyetlere ilişkin maliyetleri önemli ölçüde etkilediği açıktır. Bu etkiler, yalnızca ekonomik sonuçlar doğurmakla kalmayıp aynı zamanda çevresel sürdürülebilirlik açısından da kritik bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu bağlamda, kaynakların verimli kullanımı, sürdürülebilir üretim ve tüketim kalıplarının teşvik edilmesi ile iklim değişikliğinin etkilerinin azaltılması, günümüz çevre politikalarının temel hedefleri arasında yer almakta; bu hedeflere ulaşmada iklim değişikliğini dikkate alan stratejiler vazgeçilmez bir unsur olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu nedenle, sektörlerin rekabet gücünü sürdürebilmesi açısından, iklim değişikliğinin maliyet analizlerine entegre edilmesi bir gereklilik haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışma, iklim değişikliği perspektifinden yaşam döngüsü maliyetine ilişkin bilimsel yaklaşımları ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada, Web of Science veri tabanında 1994–2025 yılları arasında konuya ilişkin yayımlanan toplam 1.427 yayın sistematik literatür incelemesi kapsamında değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın analitik gücünü artırmak amacıyla bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi de kullanılmıştır. Analiz bulguları, özellikle 2015 yılı itibarıyla yayın sayısında gözlemlenen artışın, yaşam döngüsü maliyet analizine iklim değişikliği değişkeninin entegre edilmesine yönelik akademik ilginin giderek arttığını ortaya koymaktadır. Gerçekleştirilen bibliyometrik analiz sonucunda, yaşam döngüsü maliyeti ile iklim değişikliği ilişkisini bütüncül bir çerçevede ele alan çalışmaların büyük ölçüde Çin ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde yoğunlaştığı belirlenmiştir. Bulgular ayrıca, iklim değişikliği perspektifinden gerçekleştirilen yaşam döngüsü maliyeti değerlendirmelerinin büyük ölçüde sürdürülebilirlik ekseninde şekillendiğini göstermektedir. Özellikle çevresel maliyetler odağında yürütülen çalışmalar, yaşam döngüsü maliyeti hesaplamalarında iklim değişikliği etkilerinin dikkate alınmasının, uzun vadede farklı sektörler açısından rekabet avantajı sağlayabileceğine işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

• Maliyet
• Yaşam Döngüsü Maliyeti
• Yaşam Boyu Maliyet Analizi
• İklim Değişikliği
• Bibliyometri
• Sistematik Tarama

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