Ecological footprint : managing our biocapacity budget / Mathis Wackernagel, Bert Beyers, Global Footprint Network.

By:

Wackernagel, Mathis, 1962- [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781550927047
1550927043
9781771423007
1771423005
086571911X
9780865719118

Uniform titles:

Footprint. English

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ecological footprint.DDC classification:

333.7 23

LOC classification:

HC79.E5 W3313 2019

Other classification:

cci1icc

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Contents:

Prelude -- Footprint--Why? (introduction) -- pt. I. Footprint : the tool. Area as currency : how much biocapacity does a person need? -- Ecological hinterland : how much biocapacity does a city need? -- Croplands, forests, and oceans : how much biocapacity do we have? -- One planet : ecological limits and then what? -- Footprint as compass : how much biocapacity do we need for a good life? -- Part II. Footprint : challenges defining the 21st century. End overshoot! : communication is key -- Winners and losers : strategies for countries to consider -- Footprint scenarios : ways out of global overshoot -- Part III. Footprint : case studies. Footprint calculations : individuals, cities, countries, products, and companies -- Footprint in architecture and city planning : BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel -- China : a new model of development? -- Africa : protecting one's resources -- Footprint : a conversation.

Summary: "Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew--its biocapacity--and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use. Our economy is running a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme with the planet. We use future resources to run the present, using more than Earth can replenish. Like any such scheme, this works for a limited time, followed by a crash. Avoiding ecological bankruptcy requires rigorous resource accounting--a challenging task, but doable with the right tools"--Publisher's description.

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Translation of: Footprint: Die Welt neu vermessen.

"Initial English translation by Katharina Rout"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Ecological Footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew--its biocapacity--and distils this into one number: how many Earths we use. Our economy is running a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme with the planet. We use future resources to run the present, using more than Earth can replenish. Like any such scheme, this works for a limited time, followed by a crash. Avoiding ecological bankruptcy requires rigorous resource accounting--a challenging task, but doable with the right tools"--Publisher's description.

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