Resource flows and land use in Austria 1950-2000: Using the MEFA framework to monitor society-nature interaction for sustainability

Land Use Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-230

  Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Haberl, Helmut ^a   Erb, Karl Heinz ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Redefining Progress   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy flow accounting (EFA); Human appropriation of net primary production (HANPP); Land use; Material flow accounting (MFA); Socio economic metabolism; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; METHODOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2642541545     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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