Within the recent debate about the needs for improving Ecological Footprint (EF) method has been highlighted the necessity of standardized and detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to support the calculation of specific impacts accounted in EF. Moreover, Ecological Footprint has been identified as a useful method for the evaluation of sustainability of tourism activities, even if only few studies are specifically devoted to the evaluation of sustainability of hospitality structures. Within this field of research, the present work represents an attempt to investigate the possibility to improve the EF analysis through the comparison of EF accounts with LCA of accommodation buildings.
Castellani, V., Sala, S. (2010). Improving Ecological Footprint account through detailed Life Cycle Assessment studies: an application to sustainability evaluation of tourism activities. In Proceedings of Ecological Footprint Forum 2010.
Improving Ecological Footprint account through detailed Life Cycle Assessment studies: an application to sustainability evaluation of tourism activities
CASTELLANI, VALENTINA;SALA, SERENELLA
2010
Abstract
Within the recent debate about the needs for improving Ecological Footprint (EF) method has been highlighted the necessity of standardized and detailed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to support the calculation of specific impacts accounted in EF. Moreover, Ecological Footprint has been identified as a useful method for the evaluation of sustainability of tourism activities, even if only few studies are specifically devoted to the evaluation of sustainability of hospitality structures. Within this field of research, the present work represents an attempt to investigate the possibility to improve the EF analysis through the comparison of EF accounts with LCA of accommodation buildings.
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