Sharing resources: The global distribution of the Ecological Footprint

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-410

  White, Thomas J ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkinson index; Ecological Footprint; Equality inequality; Gini coefficient; Just distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDEX METHOD; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 36549086467     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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