Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK

Minx, Jan C.; Baiocchi, Giovanni; Wiedmann, Thomas; Barrett, John; Creutzig, Felix; Feng, Kuishuang; Förster, Michael; Pichler, Peter-Paul; Weisz, Helga; Hubacek, Klaus

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035039

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“…Al respecto, un estudio realizado en Inglaterra 49 , coincide con que a mayor nivel educativo alcanzado mayor HC. Este aspecto genera una contradicción, puesto que desde los determinantes sociales, se ha visto la educación como uno de los aspectos más relevantes en el mejoramiento de niveles de salud 50 , pero al considerar que una persona con mayor titulación puede aportar más CO2 por consumo, surgen interrogantes sobre la capacidad de la educación para formar personas con miradas colectivas y ambientales.…”

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Huella de carbono en Santa Marta - Colombia y factores asociados. Análisis desde los determinantes sociales de la salud. 2014

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Objetivo. Se estableció como objetivo estimar la huella de carbono para la ciudad de Santa Marta a partir de las prácticas de consumo de alimentos, medios de transporte, servicios públicos y compra de bienes y servicios per cápita y, relacionar dicha huella con aspectos determinantes de la salud como el nivel socio-económico y socio-demográfico de la población. Método. Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal de encuesta en Santa Marta-Colombia para 2014, con una muestra de 811 personas seleccionadas aleatoriamente. Los datos se analizaron en EpiInfo 7 a través de análisis bivariado con ANOVA y Ji2 para identificar dependencias y multivariado por OR para identificar asociaciones. Resultados. Se encontró que la huella de carbono estimada promedio fue de 29,95 tCO2e por prácticas de consumo. Se estableció que tener 35 años o menos, niveles educativo profesional universitario o superior, estrato socioeconómico medio alto y alto, e ingresos altos son aspectos que aumentan la probabilidad de tener una huella de carbono mayor o igual a 39,3tCO2e. Conclusión. El tamaño de la huella de carbono se relaciona inversamente con la edad, y directamente con los ingresos económicos, estrato y nivel educativo.

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Huella de carbono en Santa Marta - Colombia y factores asociados. Análisis desde los determinantes sociales de la salud. 2014

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“…Consumption patterns are embedded in specific urban forms. In densely settled areas, use of transportation energy use is usually lower, but higher incomes in cities lead to more consumption and larger energy and carbon footprints of households [136][137][138][139]. An integrated perspective hence needs to consider the systemic interactions between production and consumption in urban areas and rural hinterlands [140][141][142].…”

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The Material Stock–Flow–Service Nexus: A New Approach for Tackling the Decoupling Conundrum

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Fundamental changes in the societal use of biophysical resources are required for a sustainability transformation. Current socioeconomic metabolism research traces flows of energy, materials or substances to capture resource use: input of raw materials or energy, their fate in production and consumption, and the discharge of wastes and emissions. This approach has yielded important insights into eco-efficiency and long-term drivers of resource use. But socio-metabolic research has not yet fully incorporated material stocks or their services, hence not completely exploiting the analytic power of the metabolism concept. This commentary argues for a material stock-flow-service nexus approach focused on the analysis of interrelations between material and energy flows, socioeconomic material stocks ("in-use stocks of materials") and the services provided by specific stock/flow combinations. Analyzing the interrelations between stocks, flows and services will allow researchers to develop highly innovative indicators of eco-efficiency and open new research directions that will help to better understand biophysical foundations of transformations towards sustainability.

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“…(Miles & Miles, 2004;Minx et al, 2013). To obtain a better insight on the causes of GHG emissions through constant reporting is quite a tough task as the manuals for doing so calls for detailed inventory of technical descriptions (IPCC, 2006).…”

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Climate Change Adaptions for Urban Water Infrastructure in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Aljoufie¹,

Tiwari²

2015

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Cities play a crucial role in the planning of climate change adaptions. Although these actions are largely guided by global negotiations and national policies their consequences are usually felt by individual cities. Reconfiguring of urban infrastructure is the first step to ensure resilience to extreme weather events triggered by climate change. Many coastal cities are already begun to suffer because of climate change impacts; frequent flooding in Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is an example. This paper attempts to investigate preparedness of urban water infrastructure in Jeddah for future climate change adaptions. It founds that the city has been lagging behind in action such as continuous & consistent reporting of relevant data, capacity building, research, education and awareness building, reconfiguration and expansion of grey & green infrastructure. We propose to formulate a three point policy for climate change adaption at local level with proper attention to grey, green and soft infrastructures.

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Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK

Cited by 389 publications

References 43 publications

Huella de carbono en Santa Marta - Colombia y factores asociados. Análisis desde los determinantes sociales de la salud. 2014

Huella de carbono en Santa Marta - Colombia y factores asociados. Análisis desde los determinantes sociales de la salud. 2014

The Material Stock–Flow–Service Nexus: A New Approach for Tackling the Decoupling Conundrum

Climate Change Adaptions for Urban Water Infrastructure in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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