'People, planet and prosperity': The determinants of humanity's environmental footprint

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Hammond, Geoffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Environmental footprints; International development; Resource use; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33845350906     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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