Global change is becoming increasingly evident, and human activities are also causing severe damage to natural resources and the environment. Therefore, it is increasingly important to study regional sustainability in order to guide human decisions and actions. The ecological footprint is a useful indicator with which to quantify the pressures imposed by humans on natural resources and regional...

A water footprint (WF) measures the total water consumed by a nation, business or individual by calculating the total water used during the production of goods and services. This paper extends the existing methods for WF to more localised levels for crops grown partly in open systems and partly in plastic-covered houses with multi-seasonal harvesting, such as the horticulture industry in Spain....

O the past two decades, a rapid expansion of footprintstyle indicators has been observed by academics, companies, governmental bodies, and nongovernmental organizations, particularly in the arena of environmental and sustainability discourses. Although footprints nowadays have reached worldwide popularity, a dedicated footprint research community is far from being established. The ambiguous rel...

The 20th century witnessed exponential growth of the human population. A concurrent change was urbanization, with close to half of the world's population residing in urban centers at the beginning of the 21st century (McGranahan and Satterthwaite, 2003). Humans have domesticated nature with a net benefit to themselves such as enhancing food supplies, reducing exposure to predators and other dan...

This paper offers a new indulgence to the present literature by integrating role of fiscal decentralization (FD) in affecting ecological footprint (EF). So, this study considered effect FD on EF existence energy consumption (EC), technological innovation (TI), gross domestic product (GDP), and trade openness (TOP) from 1990 2018 Pakistan. We employ econometric methods like Bayer & Hanck...

Abstract The Next-11 (N11) countries have witnessed great advancements in economic activities the past few years. However, simultaneous attainment of environmental sustainability and improved human well-being has remained elusive. This study probes into ecological footprint (EF) nexus N11 by applying advanced estimation techniques compatible with heterogeneity, endogeneity, cross-sectional depe...

Construction of coastal ports makes port area and nearby sea area become high risk region of ecological emergency and environmental pollution. It is helpful for providing references to protect ecological environment of port by quantifying port ecological carrying capacity. This paper will transfer resources and energy consumed in port production and operation to four ecological productive lands...

12 Ecological footprint calculation methodology is generally well defined on a national scale. 13 It is also proposed by several authors as a corporate sustainability metric, yet for this scale, 14 there is no consensus method. The aim of this paper is to identify the consequences of such 15 methodological liberties within the ecological footprint estimation and its use as a decision 16 aid too...