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Excellent technical information on the ecological footprint is available from Redefining Progress. You are recommended to explore their website yourself. Here we list some of the most useful links:

Footprint concepts

Ecological footprinting methods

Frequently asked questions

Four-page footprint brochure (in Adobe Acrobat format).

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Recommended Reading

Sharing Nature's Interest: Ecological footprints as an indicator of sustainability

www.ecologicalfootprint.com : Chambers, N., Simmons, C. & Wackernagel, M. (2000). Earthscan, London

Island State: An Ecological Footprint Analysis of the Isle of Wight

Best Foot Forward & Imperial College (2000) . Funded by Biffaward and supported by Isle of Wight Council, Best Foot Forward. Report

City Limits London: A resource flow and ecological footprint analysis of Greater London

www.citylimitslondon.com : Best Foot Forward (2002) . Funded by Biffaward and GLA

The Footprint of Wales: A Report to the Welsh Assembly Government

Best Foot Forward (2002) Ol-troed Cymru. Funded and published by WWF Cymru

Footprint of Five Scottish Cities

Best Foot Forward (2003) (part of Scottish Cities Review) Scottish Executive. Technical Report

The use of Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Analyses as Sustainability Indicators for Sub-national Geographical Areas: A Recommended Way Forward

Lewan, L. & Simmons, C. (2001) Report and Annexes

Two feet - Two Approaches: a component-based model of ecological footprinting

Simmons, C., Lewis, K. and Barrett, J. (2000). Ecol Econ. 32 pp375-380

The Ecological Footprint for the municipality of Oslo – results and suggestions for use of ecological footprint as a sustainability indicator (Det økologiske fotavtrykk for Oslo kommune – resultater og forslag til anvendelse av økologisk fotavtrykk som styringsindikator)

Aall, C., Norland, I. (2002) Report. Western Norway Research Insitute/ProSus. (English summary can be downloaded from www.vestforsk.no/publikasjonar.asp?gruppe=Miljøgruppa)

An Ecological Footprint of Liverpool: Developing Sustainable Scenarios

www.sei-y.org : Barrett, J. & Scott, A. (2001). Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden

A Material Flow Analysis and Ecological Footprint of York

www.sei-y.org : Barrett, J.; Vallack, H.; Jones, A. & Haq, G. (2002). Technical Report. Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden

Eco-footprint analysis: merits and brickbats

Rees W. (2000), Ecological Economics, Vol.32,No.3, pp3371-374

The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets

Van Kooten and Bulte (2000) Blackwell Publishers, Malden (MA)

Living Planet Report 2002

www.panda.org/livingplanet/lpr02 : World-Wide Fund for Nature International, United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Redefining Progress & Center for Sustainability Studies (2002). World-Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland

Our Ecological Footprint

Wackernagel and Rees (1996) New Society Publications, CA

National natural capital accounting with the ecological footprint concept

Wackernagel, M., Onisto, L., Bello, P., Callejas Linares, A., López Falfán, I., Méndez García, J., Suárez Guerrero, A. & Suárez Guerrero, G. (1999) Ecol.Econ. 29, pp375–390

Big things first: focusing on the scale imperative with the ecological footprint

Wackernagel M., Silverstein J. (2000) , Ecological Economics, Vol.32, No.3, pp391-394

Strategic sustainable development – selection, design and synergies of applied tools

Wackernagel et al., (2002), Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 10, Issue 3, June 2002, Pages 197-214

Humanity's Resource Demand Exceeds the Earth's Capacity

Wackernagel, M., Schultz, N. B., Deumling, D., Callejas Linares, A., Jenkins, M., Kapos, V., Monfreda, C., Loh, J., Myers, N., Norgaard, R., Randers, J. (2002) PNAS 99(14) pp9266-9271

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