Significance of environmental footprints for evaluating sustainability and security of development

作者: Lidija Čuček , Jiří Jaromír Klemeš , Petar Sabev Varbanov , Zdravko Kravanja

DOI: 10.1007/S10098-015-0972-3

关键词: Greenhouse gasEnvironmental engineeringHuman securitySustainable developmentPlanetary boundariesGeographyFootprintEcosystem healthSustainabilityLife-cycle assessmentEnvironmental resource management

摘要: This contribution presents the selected categories of environmental footprints related to the planetary boundaries and threats to human security. The analysis covers the footprint family of indicators that usually consists of ecological, carbon or more precisely greenhouse gas and water footprints and also sometimes the energy footprint. The other assessed footprints that are important for ecosystem health in regard to water, health, food, and land and species security are nitrogen, phosphorus, biodiversity and land footprints, which have …

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