Ecological Footprint: Informative and evolving - A response to van den Bergh and Grazi (2014)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 464-468

  Lin, David ^a   Wackernagel, Mathis ^a   Galli, Alessandro ^b   Kelly, Ronna ^a  

^a Global Footprint Network   (United States)

^b Global Footprint Network   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Ecological Footprint; Ecosystem accounting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SEMANTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCOUNTING IS; BIO-CAPACITY; BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; CRITICAL REVIEW; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; LAND AVAILABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; LAND USE CHANGE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84939571064     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.001     Document Type: Letter

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