Author/Authors
Moran، نويسنده , , Daniel D. and Wackernagel، نويسنده , , Mathis C. and Kitzes، نويسنده , , Justin A. and Heumann، نويسنده , , Benjamin W. and Phan، نويسنده , , Doantam and Goldfinger، نويسنده , , Steven H.، نويسنده ,
DocumentNumber
3540697
Title Of Article
Trading spaces: Calculating embodied Ecological Footprints in international trade using a Product Land Use Matrix (PLUM)
شماره ركورد
2882
Latin Abstract
Nations import and export biophysical resources. With many ecosystems worldwide under mounting stress, countries may be increasingly interested in knowing the extent and origin of their ecological imports and dependencies. In this paper the Ecological Footprint is used as a tool to measure the biophysical (as opposed to financial) value of international trade flows. This paper attempts to answer the following question: How large of an Ecological Footprint does a given country exert inside the borders of each of its trading partners? Records in the UN COMTRADE bilateral trade database are multiplied by a matrix of per-product Footprint yield coefficients to translate from values in dollars and tonnes to units of hectares. The results show that the largest interregional flows are from Latin to North America, and from North America to Asia-Pacific. Grouping countries by GDP, high and middle income countries appear in Footprint terms to trade predominantly with other high and middle income countries and much less with low income countries.
From Page
1938
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Trade , Burden shifting , ecological footprint , Embodied energy , Input–output , Embodied Footprint
JournalTitle
Studia Iranica
To Page
1951
To Page
1951
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