An urban university's ecological footprint and the effect of climate change

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 857-860

  Klein Banai, Cynthia ^a   Theis, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Higher education; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CHICAGO; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GLOBAL HECTARES; HIGHER EDUCATION; LAND RESOURCES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; RANKING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN UNIVERSITY; WATER ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATERIALS HANDLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HIGHER EDUCATION; RANKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751581815     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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