Environmental Footprints Assessing Anthropogenic Effects

This book focuses on environmental footprints that have attracted considerable interest and discussion within academia, policy makers and the public as a tool to assess anthropogenic effects on the environment. It begins with an overview which provides a starting point for understanding the concept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fang, Kai
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • General Introduction
  • A Conceptual Framework for Constituting a Footprint Family
  • Exploring Some Fundamentals of Environmental Footprints
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Nice to have or Essential for Environmental Footprints?
  • Understanding the Complementarities of Environmental Footprints and Planetary Boundaries
  • Benchmarking the National Carbon, Water and Land Footprints Against Allocated Planetary Boundaries
  • General Discussion.