Accounting for demand and supply of the biosphere's regenerative capacity: The National Footprint Accounts' underlying methodology and framework

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 518-533

  Borucke, Michael ^a   Moore, David ^b   Cranston, Gemma ^b,c   Gracey, Kyle ^a   Iha, Katsunori ^a   Larson, Joy ^a   Lazarus, Elias ^a   Morales, Juan Carlos ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^a   Galli, Alessandro ^b  

^a Global Footprint Network   (United States)

^b Global Footprint Network   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Ecological Footprint; NFA editions comparison; Planetary limits; Resource accounting; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; PLANETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIO-CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; NFA EDITIONS COMPARISONS; PLANETARY LIMITS; RESOURCE ACCOUNTINGS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOSPHERE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NATURAL CAPITAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84865581199     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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