The outward extension of an ecological footprint in city expansion: The case of Beijing

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9371-9386

  Xie, Gaodi ^a   Chen, Wenhui ^a,b,c   Cao, Shuyan ^d   Lu, Chunxia ^a   Xiao, Yu ^a   Zhang, Changshun ^a   Li, Na ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio capacity; Ecological footprint distance; Ecosystem services; Sustainable development; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84921033408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6129371     Document Type: Article

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