The carbon footprint of global tourism
Tourism contributes significantly to global gross domestic product, and is forecast to grow at an annual 4%, thus outpacing many other economic sectors. However, global carbon emissions related to tourism
Manfred Lenzen
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How city dwellers affect their resource hinterland : A spatial impact study of Australian households
This article links databases on household consumption, industrial production, economic turnover, employment, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions into a spatially explicit model. The causal sequence starts with households demanding a certain consumer basket. This demand requires production in a complex supply-chain network of interdependent industry sectors.
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A material history of Australia: Evolution of material intensity and drivers of change
This article presents an analysis of the material history of Australia in the period 1975
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Companies on the scale: Comparing and benchmarking the sustainability performance of businesses
A determination of the sustainability performance of a company ought to fulfill certain requirements. It has to take into account the direct impacts from on-site processes as well as indirect impacts embodied in the supply chains of a company. This life cycle thinking is the common theme of popular footprint analyses, such as carbon, ecological, or water footprinting.