Planning with Ecological Footprints: A sympathetic critique of theory and practice

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-127

  Mcmanus, Phil ^a   Haughton, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Ecological Footprint; Hinterlands; Planning; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 33645575086     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247806063963     Document Type: Article

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