The Shoe Fits, but the Footprint is Larger than Earth

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Rees, William E ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Global Footprint Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; RESOURCE PARTITIONING;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84889069822     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001701     Document Type: Article

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