Reckoning perverse outcomes of resource conservation policies using the Ecological Footprint

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-95

  Lawrence, Ted J ^a   Robinson, George R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological Footprint; Land conversion; Resource conservation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECONOMIC EXPANSION; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LAND CONVERSION; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TOOLS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HABITAT LOSS; INCENTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VALUATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897602816     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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