TY - JOUR
T1 - Questioning the Ecological Footprint
AU - Galli, Alessandro
AU - Giampietro, Mario
AU - Goldfinger, Steve
AU - Lazarus, Elias
AU - Lin, David
AU - Saltelli, Andrea
AU - Wackernagel, Mathis
AU - Müller, Felix
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. In this perspective paper a critical discussion about the concept of the Ecological Footprint is documented based on 10 questions which are answered from critical and supporting points-of-view. These key questions are directed toward the underlying research objectives of the approach, a comparison with similar concepts, the quantification methodology and its accuracy, the characteristics of the observed flows, the role of scales and resolutions, the implementation of food security, the utility of the ecological footprint for society, the political relevance of the concept and the differences from other international indicator systems.
AB - © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. In this perspective paper a critical discussion about the concept of the Ecological Footprint is documented based on 10 questions which are answered from critical and supporting points-of-view. These key questions are directed toward the underlying research objectives of the approach, a comparison with similar concepts, the quantification methodology and its accuracy, the characteristics of the observed flows, the role of scales and resolutions, the implementation of food security, the utility of the ecological footprint for society, the political relevance of the concept and the differences from other international indicator systems.
KW - Footprint applicability
KW - Footprint critics
KW - Footprint methodology
KW - Footprint relevance
KW - Footprint utility
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.014
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.014
M3 - Article
VL - 69
SP - 224
EP - 232
JO - Ecological Indicators
JF - Ecological Indicators
SN - 1470-160X
ER -