The historical ecological footprint: From over-population to over-consumption

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 283-291

  Toth, Gergely ^a   Szigeti, Cecília ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b SZÉCHENYI ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Backcasting; Earth fullness; Ecological footprint; Overconsumption; Overpopulation; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BACKCASTING; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; LONG-TIME DATA SERIES; OVERCONSUMPTION; OVERPOPULATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84937908434     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.040     Document Type: Article

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