Calculation Methodology for the National Footprint Accounts, 2010 edition
This paper describes the methodology for calculating the Ecological Footprint and biocapacity utilized in the 2010 Edition of the National Footprint Accounts and provides researchers and practitioners with information to deepen their understanding of the calculation methodology. This research builds on the foundational Ecological Footprint works and the previous methodology papers for the National Footprint Accounts (Rees 1992, Wackernagel and Rees, 1996; Wackernagel et al. 1997, Wackernagel et al. 1999a, b, Wackernagel et al. 2002, Monfreda et al. 2004, Wackernagel et al. 2005, Kitzes et al. 2007, Ewing et al. 2008).