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Reconciling a positive ecological balance with human development: A quantitative assessment
Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Sweden;Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies. Linnaeus University, Linnaeus Knowledge Environments, Water. (DISA;CSS)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2837-0137
2021 (English)In: Ecological Indicators, ISSN 1470-160X, E-ISSN 1872-7034, Vol. 129, article id 107973Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy, SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Abstract [en]

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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Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 129, article id 107973
Keywords [en]
Sustainability criteria, Population density, Biocapacity, Per capita impact
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Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences
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Social Sciences; Natural Science, Environmental Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105970DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107973ISI: 000681696400008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85110300021Local ID: 2021OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-105970DiVA, id: diva2:1580912
Available from: 2021-07-17 Created: 2021-07-17 Last updated: 2023-02-01Bibliographically approved

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