Accounting for the Ecological Footprint of Materials in Consumer Goods at the Urban Scale

Accounting for the Ecological Footprint of Materials in Consumer Goods at the Urban Scale

Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) can be used by cities to account for their on-going demands on global renewable resources. To date, EFA has not been fully implemented as an urban policy and planning tool in part due to limitations of local data availability. In this paper we focus on the materia...

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Main Authors: William E. Rees, Jennie Moore, Meidad Kissinger, Cornelia Sussman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
urban sustainability
ecological footprint analysis
life cycle assessment
material consumption
waste management
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/5/5/1960

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