Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out

作者：William E. Rees · 发表于：Environment and Urbanization · 年份：1992 · DOI：10.1177/095624789200400212 · 被引用次数：2409 · 研究领域：Water Resources and Sustainability、Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy、Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out uses the concepts of human carrying capacity and natural capital to develop a framework to evaluate each city's "ecological footprint". It also argues that prevailing economic assumptions regarding urbanization and the sustainability of cities must be revised in light of global ecological change.