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Author: | York, R. Rosa, E. A. Dietz, T. |
Title: | Footprints on the Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity |
Journal: | American Sociological Review
2003 : APR, VOL. 68:2, p. 279-300 |
Index terms: | ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENT MODELS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Growing evidence demonstrating clear threats to the sustainability of the ecosystems supporting human societies has given rise to a variety of sociological theories of human-environment interactions. These environmental impact theories fall into three general perspectives: human ecology, modernization, and political economy. These theories, however, have not been empirically tested in a common analytic framework. Here, a framework that relies on ecological principles is adopted and modified. Using a revised stochastic formulation of that framework and the most compre hensive measure of environmental impact to date-the ecological footprint-the factors driving the environmental impacts of societies are assessed. |
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