Shrink and share: Humanity's present and future Ecological Footprint

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1491, 2008, Pages 467-475

  Kitzes, Justin ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^a   Loh, Jonathan ^b   Peller, Audrey ^a   Goldfinger, Steven ^a   Cheng, Deborah ^a   Tea, Kallin ^a  

^a Global Footprint Network 1   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological debt; Ecological Footprint; Future demand; Land use; Scenarios; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOSSIL FUEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; REGENERATION; REVIEW; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; REGENERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40949087118     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2164     Document Type: Article

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