Dynamic changes of the ecological footprint and its component analysis response to land use in Wuhan, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Yao, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Zhanqi ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biocapacity; Biological resource; Carbon footprint; Ecological deficit; Ecological footprint; Energy consumption; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND USE; LIVING RESOURCE;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84965062200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8040329     Document Type: Article

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