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Ecological Footprint accounts

In: Handbook of Sustainable Development

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  • Mathis Wackernagel
  • Gemma Cranston
  • Juan Carlos Morales
  • Alessandro Galli

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This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved.

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  • Mathis Wackernagel & Gemma Cranston & Juan Carlos Morales & Alessandro Galli, 2014. "Ecological Footprint accounts," Chapters, in: Giles Atkinson & Simon Dietz & Eric Neumayer & Matthew Agarwala (ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Development, chapter 24, pages 371-396, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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