Local consumption and global environmental impacts: accounting, trade-offs and sustainability

"As a result of globalization, goods and services consumed in one country are often produced in other countries and exchanged via international trade. This book describes how local consumption is increasingly met by global supply chains, often involving large geographical distances and leading...

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Hauptverfasser: Feng, Kuishuang (VerfasserIn), Hubacek, Klaus (VerfasserIn), Yu, Yang 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge - SCORAI studies in sustainable consumption
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Zusammenfassung:"As a result of globalization, goods and services consumed in one country are often produced in other countries and exchanged via international trade. This book describes how local consumption is increasingly met by global supply chains, often involving large geographical distances and leading to global environmental impacts, such as pollution, climate change, water scarcity, and deforestation and other land conversions. The authors provide an overview of key methods, including Multi-Regional Input-Output analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. Subsequent chapters connect local consumption to the global consequences of different environmental issues"--
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 19, 2019)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 117 pages)
ISBN:1315739593
9781317577287
1317577280
9781315739595

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