Title: Ecological footprint decomposition analyses: the case of Latvia
Authors: J?nis Brizga
Addresses: Department of Economics and Management, University of Latvia, Riga, LV 1586, Latvia
Abstract: This paper presents results from empirical decomposition analyses of Latvia's national Ecological Footprint in the housing, transport and food consumption sectors. It draws attention to growth, structural and intensity effects causing changes in the ecological footprint and presents the strategies to be employed by policy makers to overcome these effects.
Keywords: decomposition analyses; ecological footprint; green economics; sustainable consumption strategies; Latvia; housing sector; transport sector; food consumption sector; sustainability.
International Journal of Green Economics, 2012 Vol.6 No.2, pp.178 - 188
Published online: 12 Dec 2014 *
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