Comment on "Ecological Footprint Policy? Land Use as an Environmental Indicator"

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-23

  Wackernagel, Mathis ^a  

^a Global Footprint Network Oakland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND USE CHANGE;

EID: 84894259374     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12094     Document Type: Article

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