An empirical assessment of ecological footprint calculations for Malaysia

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 582-587

  Begum, Rawshan Ara ^a   Pereira, Joy Jacqueline ^a   Jaafar, Abdul Hamid ^a   Al Amin, Abul Quasem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Energy consumption; Malaysia; Modified I O method; NFA method

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MALAYSIA; MODIFIED I-O METHOD; NFA METHOD;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY RESOURCE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67650751041     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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