Provides a detailed understanding into theoretical and methodological aspects of major environmental footprints
Establishes a unified framework for structuring, categorizing and integrating various footprint indicators
Provides novel insights into the development of environmental footprints for environmental impact assessment and environmental sustainability assessment

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General Introduction.- A Conceptual Framework for Constituting a Footprint Family.- Exploring Some Fundamentals of Environmental Footprints.- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Nice to have or Essential for Environmental Footprints?.- Understanding the Complementarities of Environmental Footprints and Planetary Boundaries.- Benchmarking the National Carbon, Water and Land Footprints Against Allocated Planetary Boundaries.- General Discussion.