The ecological footprint: a non-monetary metric of human consumption applied to North America

Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space” framework

“…The outcome of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, Agenda 21, calls for SDIs to "provide solid bases for decision-making at all levels and to contribute to a self-regulating sustainability of integrated environment and development system" (4). Over 900 SDI initiatives have been undertaken to date (5), in recognition of the fact that indicators provide a quantitative and rational basis for decision making (6), simplify a complex reality to a manageable level (7), create a body of knowledge and comparable data for policy applications, measure progress (8), and allow the public to evaluate society and its leaders (9). Individual indices, such as the Human Development Index and the Ecological Footprint, have been used to compare countries, and sustainability frameworks, such as Ostrom's framework for social-ecological systems (10) and the "ecosystems approach" adopted by the UNCBD (11), have been developed to better understand the relationships between social and ecological systems.…”

A Toe in America, a Heel in Asia? A Discussion of the Applicability of the Ecological Footprint to International Trade

“…This could, however, also result from some areas with strong overshoot being 'balanced' in the national average by other areas well within the bounds of their biocapacity (cf. Senbel et al 2003;Fiala 2008). Locally, the ecological conditions might still be deteriorating, with all the (potential) consequences for the local population entailed.…”

“…mining sites for minerals is included as built-up land, the energy used in extraction and production processes is translated into carbon uptake land. And, just as is the case for fossil fuels, the limited availability and non-renewable character of minerals cannot be taken into account in the EF (Wackernagel/Rees 1996;Senbel et al 2003).…”

Ecological footprint simulation and prediction by ARIMA model—A case study in Henan Province of China

“…But the regional EF's development trend in future was not discussed in Haberl's research. Senbel et al (2003) investigated the impact factors of EF in North America and postulated several scenarios to predict regional ecological deficit (ED) in the coming century. His scenario analysis was after all a random method and had a large uncertainty.…”