Ecological footprint and regional sustainability: a review of methodologies and results
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Paper/Presentation Title | Ecological footprint and regional sustainability: a review of methodologies and results |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Uddin, Gazi A. (Author), Alam, Khorshed (Author) and Gow, Jeff (Author) |
Editors | Dalziel, Paul |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association (ANZRSAI 2013) |
ERA Conference ID | 50222 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Canterbury, New Zealand |
ISBN | 9781877519338 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.anzrsai.org/download.pl?param=553 |
Conference/Event | 37th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI 2013): Regions that Work: Research, Practice and Policy |
Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International | |
Event Details | 37th Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSAI 2013): Regions that Work: Research, Practice and Policy Event Date 03 to end of 06 Dec 2013 Event Location Hervey Bay, Australia |
Event Details | Annual Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Regional Science Association International ANZRSAI |
Abstract | The method of ecological footprint describes an area-based resource accounting tool and has been used in different regions and countries to assess sustainability. This paper reviews published studies that measure regional sustainability based on the Ecological Footprint and Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence & Technology methods. Literature searches in different on-line data bases using various criteria were used. Articles were categorized by the nature of each study, the degree of analysis, and the geographical location of each study. Forty-nine studies satisfied the inclusion criteria. The majority of the studies considered only environmental indicators. Two other indicators (social and economic) were rarely covered. Other issues that explain the variation in the results included methodological choices, unproductive land areas, production and imported commodities. This paper highlights the three main indicators used to measure regional sustainability as well the key issues not fully addressed in the literature. |
Keywords | ecological footprint; ecological capacity; equivalence factors; regional sustainability; yield factors; STIRPAT |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380118. Urban and regional economics |
440305. Population trends and policies | |
310307. Population ecology | |
389902. Ecological economics | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q25qz/ecological-footprint-and-regional-sustainability-a-review-of-methodologies-and-results
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