Socioeconomic equity, sustain ability, and earth's carrying capacity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 991-1001

  Daily, Gretchen C ^a,b   Ehrlich, Paul R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Biophysical sustainability; Carrying capacity, earth's; Equity sender; Equity, intergenerational; Equity, socioeconomic; Food production; Governmental policy impacts; Green revolution; Human fertility; Human population impacts

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSUMER LIFESTYLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EQUITY; FERTILITY; FOOD PRODUCTION; INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; SOCIOECONOMIC EQUITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030429130     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269582     Document Type: Article

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