The carbon footprint of UK households 1990–2004: A socio-economically disaggregated, quasi-multi-regional input–output model
TL;DR: In this article, a socio-economically disaggregated framework for attributing CO2 emissions to people's high level functional needs is presented, based on a quasi-multi-regional input-output (QMRIO) model.
About: This article is published in Ecological Economics.The article was published on 2009-05-15. It has received 531 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carbon footprint & Population.
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TL;DR: The Age of Irresponsibility, the Dilemma of growth, the Myth of Decoupling, the Iron Cage of Consumerism, and the Green New Deal as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Foreword 1. Prosperity Lost 2. The Age of Irresponsibility 3. Redefining Prosperity 4. The Dilemma of Growth 5. The Myth of Decoupling 6. The 'Iron Cage' of Consumerism 7. Keynesianism and the 'Green New Deal' 8. Ecological Macro-Economics 9. Flourishing - within Limits 10. Governance for Prosperity 11. The Transition to a Sustainable Economy 12. A Lasting Prosperity Appendices References Endnotes
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an in-depth review of the most recent multi-region input-output models used for the purpose of consumption-based environmental accounting and conclude that further research is mainly needed in two areas, improving data availability and quality and improving the accuracy of MRIO modelling.
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TL;DR: Carbon footprinting is intended to be a tool to guide the relevant emission cuts and verifications, its standardization at international level are therefore necessary.
Abstract: Increasing greenhouse gaseous concentration in the atmosphere is perturbing the environment to cause grievous global warming and associated consequences. Following the rule that only measurable is manageable, mensuration of greenhouse gas intensiveness of different products, bodies, and processes is going on worldwide, expressed as their carbon footprints. The methodologies for carbon footprint calculations are still evolving and it is emerging as an important tool for greenhouse gas management. The concept of carbon footprinting has permeated and is being commercialized in all the areas of life and economy, but there is little coherence in definitions and calculations of carbon footprints among the studies. There are disagreements in the selection of gases, and the order of emissions to be covered in footprint calculations. Standards of greenhouse gas accounting are the common resources used in footprint calculations, although there is no mandatory provision of footprint verification. Carbon footprinting is intended to be a tool to guide the relevant emission cuts and verifications, its standardization at international level are therefore necessary. Present review describes the prevailing carbon footprinting methods and raises the related issues.
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...Druckman and Jackson (2009) classified the selected households in UK according to their socioeconomic status through Local Area Resource Analysis model, based on the input data of expenditure, fuel use, and census....
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TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of how generalised multi-regional input-output models can be used for carbon footprint applications, focusing on the relevance and suitability of such evidence to inform decision making.
Abstract: This article provides an overview of how generalised multi-regional input–output models can be used for carbon footprint applications. We focus on the relevance and suitability of such evidence to inform decision making. Such an overview is currently missing. Drawing on UK results, we cover carbon footprint applications in seven areas: national emissions inventories and trade, emission drivers, economic sectors, supply chains, organisations, household consumption and lifestyles as well as sub-national emission inventories. The article highlights the multiple uses of generalised multi-regional input–output models for carbon footprinting and concludes by highlighting important avenues for future research.
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...The areas housing, travel and food are the hotspots in the emission patterns across all lifestyle groups (a finding confirmed by Hertwich, 2006; Tukker et al., 2006; and Druckman and Jackson, 2009)....
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30 Jun 2021TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in many scholarly fields, including economics, regional science, regional economics, city, regional and urban planning, environmental planning, public policy analysis and public management.
Abstract: This essential reference for students and scholars in the input-output research and applications community has been fully revised and updated to reflect important developments in the field. Expanded coverage includes construction and application of multiregional and interregional models, including international models and their application to global economic issues such as climate change and international trade; structural decomposition and path analysis; linkages and key sector identification and hypothetical extraction analysis; the connection of national income and product accounts to input-output accounts; supply and use tables for commodity-by-industry accounting and models; social accounting matrices; non-survey estimation techniques; and energy and environmental applications. Input-Output Analysis is an ideal introduction to the subject for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in many scholarly fields, including economics, regional science, regional economics, city, regional and urban planning, environmental planning, public policy analysis and public management.
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TL;DR: The only comprehensive introduction which Leontief has written to his model of Input-Output Economics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economic Science in 1972, is as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The only comprehensive introduction which Leontief has written to his model of Input-Output Economics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1972. Many of the chapters have already appeared as articles in journals, but Leontief's writings have a range and consistency that gives this collection a sense of coherence. The book begin with non-technical articles on the theory of Input-Output Economics and progresses to more technical essays, and then to specific applications of the theory. This edition has been thoroughly revised, at least one third of the material being new.
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