Resource Accounting for Sustainability Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

The Nexus between Energy, Food, Water and Land Use
Redaktion: Giampietro, Mario; Bukkens, Sandra G. F.; Ramos-Martin, Jesus; Aspinall, Richard J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an approach for multi-scale, integrated assessment of land use, water, energy, food, populations and environmental resources. The approach is based in resource accounting, providing insights through exploring the relationships between flows of goods, services, and materials, and the funds of natural, human, social, financial, physical, and economic capitals, at multiple scales. The text describes the conceptual, technical and applied aspects of the approach, using international case studies to illustrate the manner in which it can be applied and used to improve understanding of the interdependencies of land use, water, energy and food for decision making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317962076
• Artikelnr.: 41331048

Autorenporträt

Mario Giampietro is ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Richard J. Aspinall is Honorary Research Fellow at the James Hutton Institute and Honorary Professor, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, UK. Jesus Ramos-Martin is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic History, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Sandra G.F. Bukkens is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Theory 1. Addressing the complexity of integrated resource
assessment 2. The multi-scale integrated assessment of societal and
ecosystem metabolism 3. The scientific basis of the narrative of societal
and ecosystem metabolism 4. The interface between societal and ecosystem
metabolism 5. Land systems: Multi-scale dynamics of human and environmental
systems Part 2: The Toolkit 6. Accounting for human activity and
socio-economic characteristics 7. Food grammar 8. Energy grammar 9. Water
grammar 10. GIS protocols for use with MUSIASEM 11. The Sudoku effect
within MUSIASEM Part 3: Case Studies 12. The Republic of Mauritius 13.
Punjab State, India 14. The Republic of South Africa 15. Resource
accounting for sustainability assessment