Ecological footprint of the Chinese population, environment and development

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Dongjing, Chen ^a,b   Guodong, Cheng ^a   Zhongmin, Xu ^a   Zhiqiang, Zhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; China; Ecological footprint; Expenditure elasticity; Gross domestic product; Income elasticity; Production coefficient; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT (EF); EXPENDITURES; PASTURES; RESOURCES USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST; INCOME; LAND USE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CAPUT;

EID: 2442600158     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290400102X     Document Type: Article

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