Assessing the global environmental consequences of economic growth through the Ecological Footprint: A focus on China and India

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-107

  Galli, Alessandro ^a   Kitzes, Justin ^b   Niccolucci, Valentina ^c   Wackernagel, Mathis ^a   Wada, Yoshihiko ^d   Marchettini, Nadia ^c  

^a Global Footprint Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Ecological Footprint; Global environmental changes; India; Land use; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BIO-CAPACITY; CHINA; DOMINANT FACTOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL USE; INDIA; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; MADE IN CHINA; PER CAPITA; PER CAPITA DEMAND; POPULATION GROWTH;

BIOSPHERICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84855474984     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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