Ecological Footprint Assessment for Resources Management

Dear Colleagues,

Natural resources are becoming progressively scarcer, mainly under the pressure of intensive exploitation. Depleting resources have local and global environmental repercussions and socio-economic consequences. Maintaining healthy and abundant natural resources is vital for the prosperity of present and future generations. Understanding human demand on nature and nature’s ability to provide ecological goods and services is fundamental for appropriate policies for the conservation of the environment and natural resources.

The Ecological Footprint is one of the most relevant and interesting method for natural capital and ecosystem accounting, and is widely cited in the sustainability debate. It captures environmental snapshots of ecosystem resource balances and sheds light on the drivers of ecological overshoot.

Contributions that encompass new and original research on this method are strongly encouraged.

Submissions may address any of the following subjects:

• new insights into the rationale and theoretical aspects of Ecological Footprint methodology to improve its robustness, especially with regard to its capacity to assess human demand for resources;
• integration of the Ecological Footprint with other affordable methods to keep track of both environmental and socio-economic aspects and to assess synergies and trade-offs between them;
• specific significant case studies at different scales.

Any further suggestions are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Nadia Marchettini

Dr. Valentina Niccolucci

Guest Editors

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