The impact of changing food choices on the blue water scarcity footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of the British diet: the example of potato, pasta and rice
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- 作者：Tim Hess ; t.hess@cranfield.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Julia Chatterton1 ; Andre Daccache ; Adrian Williams
- 关键词：Carbohydrate ; Diet ; Life cycle assessment ; Portion size ; UK
- 刊名：Journal of Cleaner Production
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：20 January 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：112
- 期：part_P5
- 页码：4558-4568
- 全文大小：849 K
文摘
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Households in the UK are consuming more rice and pasta and fewer potatoes.
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Environmental burdens of portions of potatoes, pasta and rice were compared.
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Rice has higher greenhouse gas emissions and blue water scarcity footprint.
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Irrigation water for rice and durum wheat comes from areas of higher scarcity.
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Changing consumption has increased environmental burdens.