Ecological Footprint accounts

Handbook of Sustainable Development: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 371-396

  Wackernagel, Mathis ^a   Cranston, Gemma ^b   Morales, Juan Carlos ^a   Galli, Alessandro ^c  

^a Global Footprint Network (GFN)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Global Footprint Network   (United States)

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EID: 84958103732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782544708.00036     Document Type: Chapter

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