3. Application of the environmental footprint

3.1 Ecological footprint in New Zealand

The input-output analysis methodology was first applied by Bicknell et al. in calculating New Zealand's environmental footprint. They used an 80-industry matrix (regional TES) produced by Statistics New Zealand (1991), land-use data from New Zealand's Yearbooks and Transit New Zealand (1994) and energy data from Peet (1991). This enabled them to calculate New Zealand's ecological footprint for 1991.

This methodology has since...

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(2) - FOLKE (C.), JANSSON (A.), LARSSON (J.), et al - Ecosystem appropriation by cities -...