Regional ecological security assessment based on long periods of ecological footprint analysis

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-41

  Huang, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Ranghui ^a   Ren, Zhiyuan ^c   Li, Jing ^c   Zhang, Huizhi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ecological capacity (EC); Ecological footprint (EF); Ecological footprint pressure index (EFPI); Ecological security; Shaanxi Province

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ECOLOGICAL CAPACITY (EC); ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT (EF); ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT PRESSURE INDEX (EFPI); ECOLOGICAL SECURITY;

ECOLOGY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATION THEORY; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDEX METHOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI;

EID: 34247844561     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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