A Modified Model of Ecological Footprint Accounting and Its Application to Cropland in Jiangsu, China1 1 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40401059), the Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department of Jiangsu Province (No. 07KJD170123), and the Natural Science Foundation of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University (No. 2007NXY06).

Pedosphere

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-162

  LIU, Qin Pu ^a   LIN, Zhen Shan ^b   FENG, Nian Hua ^a   LIU, Yong Mei ^a  

^a NANJING XIAOZHUANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cropland; ecological footprint model; ecological sustainability index; emergy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COTTON; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EDUCATION; EMERGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 39749095878     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(08)60003-X     Document Type: Article

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