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Ecological footprint : managing our biocapacity budget /
"Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew--its biocapacity--and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use. Our economy is runn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Gabriola Island, BC, Canada :
New Society Publishers,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prelude
- Footprint--Why? (introduction)
- pt. I. Footprint : the tool. Area as currency : how much biocapacity does a person need?
- Ecological hinterland : how much biocapacity does a city need?
- Croplands, forests, and oceans : how much biocapacity do we have?
- One planet : ecological limits and then what?
- Footprint as compass : how much biocapacity do we need for a good life?
- Part II. Footprint : challenges defining the 21st century. End overshoot! : communication is key
- Winners and losers : strategies for countries to consider
- Footprint scenarios : ways out of global overshoot
- Part III. Footprint : case studies. Footprint calculations : individuals, cities, countries, products, and companies
- Footprint in architecture and city planning : BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel
- China : a new model of development?
- Africa : protecting one's resources
- Footprint : a conversation.