Approaches for calculating a nation's food ecological footprint - The case of Canada

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-374

  Kissinger, Meidad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Canada; Ecological Footprint Analysis; Food; Land; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANADA; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATION; ENERGY INPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SYSTEM; GLOBAL HECTARES; LAND; PER CAPITA; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES;

FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FOOD SECURITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84864772377     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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