Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory

There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Abstract

Related collections

Most cited references 29

Record: found
Abstract: not found
Article: not found

Footprints on the Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity

Eugene Rosa, Thomas Dietz, Richard York (2003)

0 comments Cited 203 times – based on 0 reviews      Review now

Bookmark

Record: found
Abstract: not found
Article: not found

National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept

Mathis Wackernagel, Larry Onisto, Patricia Bello … (1999)

0 comments Cited 192 times – based on 0 reviews      Review now

Bookmark

Record: found
Abstract: found
Article: not found

Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity.

W Luck, P Ehrlich, Jianguo Liu … (2003)

Human population size and growth rate are often considered important drivers of biodiversity loss, whereas household dynamics are usually neglected. Aggregate demographic statistics may mask substantial changes in the size and number of households, and their effects on biodiversity. Household dynamics influence per capita consumption and thus biodiversity through, for example, consumption of wood for fuel, habitat alteration for home building and associated activities, and greenhouse gas emissions. Here we report that growth in household numbers globally, and particularly in countries with biodiversity hotspots (areas rich in endemic species and threatened by human activities), was more rapid than aggregate population growth between 1985 and 2000. Even when population size declined, the number of households increased substantially. Had the average household size (that is, the number of occupants) remained static, there would have been 155 million fewer households in hotspot countries in 2000. Reduction in average household size alone will add a projected 233 million additional households to hotspot countries during the period 2000-15. Rapid increase in household numbers, often manifested as urban sprawl, and resultant higher per capita resource consumption in smaller households pose serious challenges to biodiversity conservation.

0 comments Cited 159 times – based on 0 reviews      Review now

Bookmark

All references

Author and article information

Journal

Title: Organization & Environment

Abbreviated Title: Organization & Environment

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN (Print): 1086-0266

ISSN (Electronic): 1552-7417

Publication date Created: August 17 2016

Publication date (Print): August 17 2016

Volume: 16

Issue: 3

Pages: 273-288

Article

DOI: 10.1177/1086026603256299

SO-VID: ff47b319-794c-420a-b8da-742e17369f80

History

Data availability:

Comments

Comment on this article

scite_

Cited by 101

See all cited by

Most referenced authors 144

See all reference authors

Key Challenges to Ecological Modernization Theory : Institutional Efficacy, Case Study Evidence, Units of Analysis, and the Pace of Eco-Efficiency

Read this article at

Abstract

Related collections

Educational Challenges

Most cited references 29

Footprints on the Earth: The Environmental Consequences of Modernity

National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept

Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity.

Author and article information

Journal

Article

History

Comments

Comment on this article

Similar content 1,593

Cited by 101

Most referenced authors 144