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An axiomatic characterization of a generalized ecological footprint

The purpose of this paper is to propose an axiomatic characterization of ecological footprint indices. Using an axiomatic approach, we define a set of axioms to represent the properties considered appropriate to ecological footprint measures in general. It can be shown that there exists a generalized index which is unique up to a strictly increasing function of the world land area appropriated to satisfy human needs. As an implication, the well-known compound-based footprint index used by the Global Footprint Network can be characterized as a specification of the generalized index, only if proportionality in world land area use is additionally assumed and the norm is arbitrarily fixed, in terms of global hectares. Instead, we find that the applied methodology of normalization and standardization in the aggregation procedure of footprint indices is completely dispensible. In this respect, the proposition of generalized and axiomatically characterized indices for the measurement of the ecological footprint of human activity may be considered as the main contribution of the paper.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Chemnitz Economic Papers ; No. 033

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices
Energy and the Macroeconomy
Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators
Thema
Ecological Footprint Index
Axiomatic Foundation
Measurement Theory
Overshoot Day
Sustainable Welfare

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kuhn, Thomas
Pestow, Radomir
Zenker, Anja
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Chemnitz University of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
(wo)
Chemnitz
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kuhn, Thomas
  • Pestow, Radomir
  • Zenker, Anja
  • Chemnitz University of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Entstanden

  • 2019

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