The Ecological Footprint Remains a Misleading Metric of Global Sustainability
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1 Breakthrough Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, 2 The Environment Institute and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 3 Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 4 The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013