Living in the Environment
Living in the Environment
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781285197210
Author: G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 6CR
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The definition of affluence. The definition of an ecological footprint. The meaning of per capita ecological footprint. The comparison of the total and per capita ecological footprints of the United States and China. The explanation using the concept of ecological footprint about the way in which humans live unsustainably in terms of the estimated number of planet Earth that people need to sustain themselves at present and in the future.

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