Nicky Chambers, Craig Simmons, Mathis Wackernagel

Sharing Nature's Interest (eBook, PDF)

Ecological Footprints as an Indicator of Sustainability

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Ecological footprinting is rapidly being adopted as an effective and practical way to measure our impact on the environment - in both large- and small-scale planning and development. This is an introduction to ecological footprint analysis, showing how it can be done, and how to measure the footprints of activities, lifestyles, organizations and regions. Case studies illustrate its effectiveness at national, organizational, individual and product levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317972174
• Artikelnr.: 40344437

Autorenporträt

Nicky Chambers and Craig Simmons are co-founders and directors of Best Foot Forward, a leading UK environmental consultancy. Mathis Wackernagel is a programme director of Redefining Progress in the US, coordinator of the Centre for Sustainability Studies in Mexico and co-author of Our Ecological Footprint.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Redefining Progress
Indicating Progress
Footprinting Foundations
Footprinting Fundamentals
From Activities to Impacts
Twenty Questions About Ecological Footprinting
Global and National Footprints
Regional Footprinting
Assessing the Impact of Organizations and Services
Footprinting for Product Assessment
Footprinting Lifestyles - How Big is Your Ecological Garden?
Next Steps
Annexe 1 - A Primer on Thermodynamics
Conversion Tables
Glossary
Index