Local Consumption and Global Environmental Impacts - 9781138826069

Taylor & Francis

Local Consumption and Global Environmental ImpactsAccounting, Trade-offs and Sustainability\nAuthor(s): Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek, Yang Yu\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138826069, 978-1138826069\nSynopsis\nThis book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains. These supply chains often extend over large geographical distances and have greater global environmental impacts, contributing to pollution, climate change, water scarcity, and deforestation.\n\nAs consumption is increasingly met by globalized supply chains, causing social, economic, and environmental impacts elsewhere, consumption decisions can unknowingly contribute and reinforce global inequality and exploitation. To account for the impacts of consumption and distribution of wealth we need to analyze global supply and value chains. In this volume, the authors provide an overview of key.