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

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, economic, and environmental impacts elsewhere, consumption decisions can unknowingly contribute and reinforce global inequality and exploitation. To account for the impacts of consumption and distribution of wealth we need to analyze global supply and value chains. In this volume, the authors provide an overview of key methods of analysis, including Multi-Regional Input-Output analysis and Life Cycle Assessment. Subsequent chapters connect local consumption to the global consequences of different environmental issues, such as water and land use and stress, greenhouse gases emissions, and other forms of air pollution. Each issue is addressed in an individual chapter, including case studies from China, U.S. and UK. The book will be key reading for students taking courses in environmental sciences, sustainability sciences, ecological economies, and geography.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption
Release date:	August 2019
Authors:	Kuishuang Feng • Klaus Hubacek • Yang Yu
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	118
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-82605-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	1-138-82605-7
Barcode:	9781138826052

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