Ecological debt: Exploring the factors that affect national footprints

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-140

  Cranston, G R ^a   Hammond, G P ^a,b   Johnson, R C ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Ecological debt; Environmental footprints; Gross national income; International development; Population density; Resource use; Sustain ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953646600     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15239081003719193     Document Type: Article

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