Analysis of the major drivers of the ecological footprint using the STIRPAT model and the PLS method-A case study in Henan Province, China

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2818-2824

  Jia, Junsong ^a   Deng, Hongbing ^a   Duan, Jing ^a   Zhao, Jingzhu ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Drivers; EF; Henan Province; PLS; STIRPAT

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SERVICE SECTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL RECORD; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENAN;

EID: 68149091286     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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