Ecological Footprints and Appropriated Carrying Capacity: What Urban Economics Leaves Out

By W. Rees. The Earthscan Reader in Rural–Urban Linkages, 2017

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This article uses the concepts of human carrying capacity and natural capital to develop a framework to evaluate a city’s ‘ecological footprint’. It argues that prevailing economic assumptions regarding urbanisation and the sustainability of cities must be revised in light of global ecological change.

Subfields: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nutrition and Dietetics, Water Science and Technology

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In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. F. Wallentin
2. R. B. Swain

In Nutrition and Dietetics

1. F. Wallentin
2. R. B. Swain

In Water Science and Technology

1. F. Wallentin
2. R. B. Swain

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