Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment

Clear indicators and evaluation criteria are essential to keep humanity’s environmental impact within planetary boundaries. We introduce a new criterion based on two constraints, accounting for both ecological and human sustainability. The ecological constraint is defined through a novel indicator,...

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Autores principales:	Lucia Tamburino, Giangiacomo Bravo
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Sustainability criteria Population density Biocapacity Per capita impact Ecology QH540-549.5
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/bb506e8ef51b46c48077c171aed96d71
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bb506e8ef51b46c48077c171aed96d712021-12-01T04:57:14ZReconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107973https://doaj.org/article/bb506e8ef51b46c48077c171aed96d712021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21006385https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XClear indicators and evaluation criteria are essential to keep humanity’s environmental impact within planetary boundaries. We introduce a new criterion based on two constraints, accounting for both ecological and human sustainability. The ecological constraint is defined through a novel indicator, the eco-balance, grounded on the well known concept of ecological footprint and the new concept of population biodensity. The human sustainability constraint is based on the estimated level of biocapacity consumption needed to achieve an acceptable level of human development. The application of our criterion to world countries shows where technological improvements and changes in consumption patterns are sufficient to reach sustainability, and where actions on population and/or restoring ecological capital are also needed. This highlights synergic patterns going beyond simplistic schemes, such as overconsumption vs. overpopulation or developed vs. developing countries.Lucia TamburinoGiangiacomo BravoElsevierarticleSustainability criteriaPopulation densityBiocapacityPer capita impactEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 129, Iss , Pp 107973- (2021)
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description	Clear indicators and evaluation criteria are essential to keep humanity’s environmental impact within planetary boundaries. We introduce a new criterion based on two constraints, accounting for both ecological and human sustainability. The ecological constraint is defined through a novel indicator, the eco-balance, grounded on the well known concept of ecological footprint and the new concept of population biodensity. The human sustainability constraint is based on the estimated level of biocapacity consumption needed to achieve an acceptable level of human development. The application of our criterion to world countries shows where technological improvements and changes in consumption patterns are sufficient to reach sustainability, and where actions on population and/or restoring ecological capital are also needed. This highlights synergic patterns going beyond simplistic schemes, such as overconsumption vs. overpopulation or developed vs. developing countries.
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title	Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
title_short	Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
title_full	Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
title_fullStr	Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
title_full_unstemmed	Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
title_sort	reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: a quantitative assessment
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Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment

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