New methodology for the ecological footprint with an application to the New Zealand economy

Risk forewarning of regional development sustainability based on a natural resources and environmental carrying index in China

“…This land does not have to correspond to one specific geographical area or location; rather, it is generalized as the total amount of land required by the population. Cole and Sinclair [2002], Bicknell et al [1998], and Parker and Selman [1997] are some of the leading proponents of this approach. Other researchers have started to establish their own methodologies with a focus more on environmental impacts than resource availability, among which are Mwalyosi [1991], McConnell [1995], Graymore [2005], and Graymore et al [2010].…”

A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts

“…Readers looking for an introduction to this material are encouraged to review Wackernagel and Rees 1996, Bicknell 1998, Wackernagel et al 1999b, Lenzen and Murray 2001, Rees 2001, and Kitzes et al 2007a Each research item contains a brief description of the issue under discussion, a summary of the current literature, and notes on the current state of debate. These items are grouped and ordered by common themes, and are not presented in any order of importance or urgency.…”

“…An alternative "Input-Output" framework for assessing Footprint trade has also been proposed (Bicknell 1998, Lenzen and Murray 2001, Bagliani et al 2003, Hubacek and Giljum 2003, Turner et al 2007. Input-output based approaches allocate the Ecological Footprint, or any of its underlying component parts, amongst economic sectors, and then to final consumption categories, using direct and indirect monetary or physical flows as described in nation-level supply and use or symmetric input-output tables.…”

“…National Ecological Footprint accounts are applied directly as a communication and policy tool (e.g., WWF 2006, von Stokar et al 2006, and data extracted from these accounts often serve as a starting point for smaller-scale analyses (e.g., Chambers et al 2000, Simmons 2001, Wiedmann et al 2006b). Country-level Footprint assessments have been completed for many nations, with some nations analyzed multiple times under different methods (Wackernagel and Rees 1996, Bicknell et al 1998, Fricker 1998, Simpson et al 2001, van Vuuren and Smeets 2000, Ferng 2001, Haberl et al 2001, Lenzen and Murray 2001, 2003, McDonald and Patterson 2004, Medved 2006, WWF 2006.…”

Relationships between rapid urban development and the appropriation of ecosystems in Jiangyin City, Eastern China

“…In recent years, the analytical methods have been greatly improved by integrating analyses of mass and energy flows into the calculations (Wackernagel et al, 2002;Bicknell et al, 1998;Ferng, 2001;Haberl et al, 2004;Monfreda et al, 2004) and by moving from static analysis at a single point in time to dynamic time-series analysis (Haberl et al, 2001;Wackernagel et al, 2004). As a result, ecological footprint analysis…”