1st Edition

Local Consumption and Global Environmental Impacts Accounting, Trade-offs and Sustainability

By Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek, Yang Yu Copyright 2020
128 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains. These supply chains often extend over large geographical distances and have greater global environmental impacts, contributing to pollution, climate change, water scarcity, and deforestation. As consumption is increasingly met by globalized supply chains, causing social,... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Methodology: Environmental Impact Accounting Approaches

3. Local consumption and global air pollution

4. Local consumption and global land use

5. Carbon footprint of Chinese megacities – the case study of Beijing, Tianjin,

6. The Economic Gains and Environmental Losses of U.S. Consumption

7. Consumption-based accounting of U.S. CO2 emissions from 1990 to 2010

8. Global water footprint of nations: A case study of the UK

9. Conclusions: stepping back

Biography

Kuishuang Feng is Research Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, U.S.

Klaus Hubacek is a Professor at the Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Yang Yu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Sciences and Teacher Education at Howard Community College, Maryland, U.S.