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Environmental Footprints

Assessing Anthropogenic Effects

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  • © 2021

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Authors:
  1. Kai Fang

    1. School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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  • Provides a detailed understanding into theoretical and methodological aspects of major environmental footprints
  • Establishes a unified framework for structuring, categorizing and integrating various footprint indicators
  • Provides novel insights into the development of environmental footprints for environmental impact assessment and environmental sustainability assessment

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. General Introduction

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 1-10

  3. A Conceptual Framework for Constituting a Footprint Family

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 11-36

  4. Exploring Some Fundamentals of Environmental Footprints

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 37-57

  5. Life Cycle Assessment: Nice to Have or Essential for Environmental Footprints?

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 59-68

  6. Understanding the Complementarities of Environmental Footprints and Planetary Boundaries

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 69-90

  7. Benchmarking the Carbon, Water, and Land Footprints Against Allocated Planetary Boundaries

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    Pages 91-114

  8. Summary

    • Kai Fang
    Pages 115-122
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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 of environmental footprints. On the basis of a thorough investigation into the theoretical and methodological aspects of selected environmental footprints that have been widely adopted, a unified framework for structuring, categorizing and integrating various footprint indicators is established. Furthermore, the book brings clarity to the relationship between footprint analysis and life cycle assessment, and challenges the isolation of environmental footprints and planetary boundaries. The findings provide novel insights into the development of environmental footprints for environmental impact assessment and environmental sustainability assessment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Kai Fang

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