Review on Land Use Considerations in Life Cycle Assessment: Methodological Perspectives for Marine Ecosystems

Langlois, Juliette; Hélias, Arnaud; Delgenès, J. P.; Steyer, Jean‐Philippe

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-1899-9_9

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“…-Land use (other than agriculture) may have an impact on effluents (nutrients, contaminants) from soils and land surface, potentially affecting coastal or marine ecosystems (? ), but this has not been assessed (Langlois et al, 2011).…”

Section: Impacts Of Land Use and Cover On Other Factorsmentioning

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Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region

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Abstract. Coastal environments, in particular heavily populated semi-enclosed marginal seas and coasts like the Baltic Sea region, are strongly affected by human activities. A multitude of human impacts, including climate change, affect the different compartments of the environment, and these effects interact with each other. As part of the Baltic Earth Assessment Reports (BEAR), we present an inventory and discussion of different human-induced factors and processes affecting the environment of the Baltic Sea region, and their interrelations. Some are naturally occurring and modified by human activities (i.e. climate change, coastal processes, hypoxia, acidification, submarine groundwater discharges, marine ecosystems, non-indigenous species, land use and land cover), some are completely human-induced (i.e. agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, river regulations, offshore wind farms, shipping, chemical contamination, dumped warfare agents, marine litter and microplastics, tourism, and coastal management), and they are all interrelated to different degrees. We present a general description and analysis of the state of knowledge on these interrelations. Our main insight is that climate change has an overarching, integrating impact on all of the other factors and can be interpreted as a background effect, which has different implications for the other factors. Impacts on the environment and the human sphere can be roughly allocated to anthropogenic drivers such as food production, energy production, transport, industry and economy. The findings from this inventory of available information and analysis of the different factors and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region can largely be transferred to other comparable marginal and coastal seas in the world.

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Section: Impacts Of Land Use and Cover On Other Factorsmentioning

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Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region

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“…This is why methodologies such as life cycle assessment with respect to ecosystems, waste reduction, and the calculation of water and carbon footprints (Adewumi et al 2011, Gujba and Azapagic 2011, Langlois et al 2011) are sympathetic to the aims of ergoecology.…”

Section: Ergoecology: Differences From and Similarities With Other Apmentioning

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Ergoecology: fundamentals of a new multidisciplinary field

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Saravia-Pinilla

Larrahondo

et al. 2012

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

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This article conceptualises a new multidisciplinary field by establishing the elements of an 'ergonomic system' (human beings, physical space and object/ machine) and defining the term 'surroundings' (PESTE factors) while emphasising the ecological aspects of human activities. The definition of ergoecology is explained by an etymological analysis of the names of the contributing disciplines (ergonomics and ecology). The new multidiscipline combines and extends the scope of the two foundational disciplines using new principles, notions and concepts, such as 'built environment', 'surroundings', 'ergoecology', 'ecoefficiency' and 'ecoproductivity'. The aim of ergoecology is to provide tools for confronting twenty-first century challenges. In line with the sustainability movement, we believe in the importance of using ecologic and ergonomic perspectives (in their broadest sense) to develop action aimed towards environmental preservation and the development of sustainable products, processes and service designs.

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