The Environmental Sustainability of Nations: Benchmarking the Carbon, Water and Land Footprints against Allocated Planetary Boundaries

The Environmental Sustainability of Nations: Benchmarking the Carbon, Water and Land Footprints against Allocated Planetary Boundaries

Growing scientific evidence for the indispensable role of environmental sustainability in sustainable development calls for appropriate frameworks and indicators for environmental sustainability assessment (ESA). In this paper, we operationalize and update the footprint-boundary ESA framework, with...

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Main Authors: Kai Fang, Reinout Heijungs, Zheng Duan, Geert R. de Snoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-08-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
environmental sustainability assessment
environmental footprints
planetary boundaries
sustainability gap
environmental sustainability ratio
nations
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/8/11285

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