Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the EarthAn excellent handbook for community activists, planners, teachers, students and policy makers. |
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User Review - thatotter - LibraryThingThe Ecological Footprint concept is a good way to conceptualize one's consumption of the earth's resources, but somehow it seems a bit too basic and non-instructive to have practical use. Maybe there ... Read full review
Contents
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS FOR BEGINNERS | 7 |
Planning for a Sustainable Future | 28 |
List of Boxes | 31 |
Consumption categories | 66 |
The consumption landuse matrix | 77 |
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES | 125 |
The cycle of change in decisionmaking | 137 |
List of Tables | 150 |
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Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth Mathis Wackernagel,William Rees No preview available - 1998 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth Volume 9 of DE-601)212181718: New catalyst bioregional series Issue 9 of New catalyst bioregional series Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Mathis Wackernagel Volume 9 of The new catalyst, ISSN 0834-969X |
| Authors | Mathis Wackernagel, William Rees |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | New Society Publishers, 1998 |
| ISBN | 086571312X, 9780865713123 |
| Length | 176 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Science / Environmental Science Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Pollution Control |
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