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Sustainability beyond city limits: can “greener” beef lighten a city’s Ecological Footprint?

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2017
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Chapman, M., LaValle, A., Furey, G., & Chan, K. M. A. (2017). Sustainability beyond city limits: can “greener” beef lighten a city’s Ecological Footprint? Sustainability Science, 12(4), 597–610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0423-7

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For cities seeking sustainability, the Ecological Footprint seems to be an excellent metric, potentially catalyzing actions directed outwards, at environmental problems beyond city limits. But does this metric actually guide cities down sustainable pathways? Through a case study of the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan, we ask what barriers and side effects accompany a city’s application of a specific metric to measure achievement towards sustainability goals. Our case study began by examining a particular approach to achi

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12

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4

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597

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610

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Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Geography, Planning and Development, Health(social science), Global and Planetary Change

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English

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2017-07-01

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2021-11-10

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1862-4057

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Chapman, M., LaValle, A., Furey, G., & Chan, K. M. A. (2017). Sustainability beyond city limits: can “greener” beef lighten a city’s Ecological Footprint? Sustainability Science, 12(4), 597–610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0423-7

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