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Considering the effects of imprecision and uncertainty in ecological footprint estimation: an approach in a fuzzy environment

Beynon, Malcolm James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5757-270X and Munday, Maxim C. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-2481 2008. Considering the effects of imprecision and uncertainty in ecological footprint estimation: an approach in a fuzzy environment. Ecological Economics 67 (3) , pp. 373-383. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.005

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the development of the Ecological Footprint within a fuzzy environment. The approach taken provides a means to understand the impacts of imprecision and uncertainty in the input–output framework, which forms a cornerstone of many recently constructed Footprint estimates. The paper uses, as a basis, an example of Footprint construction presented in the paper of Bicknell et al. [Bicknell, K.B., Ball, R.J., Cullen, R., Bigsby, H.R., 1998. New methodology for the Ecological Footprint with an application to the New Zealand economy. Ecological Economics 27, 149–160]. The analysis considers levels of fuzziness surrounding the technical coefficients in the underlying input–output framework. The results presented fully exposit the effect of the defined analysis, including the presentation of; fuzzy sector Ecological Footprints and overall fuzzy Ecological Footprint. Accompanying these findings, the fuzzy versions of certain moments associated with these Footprints are also presented, namely possibilistic mean and variance. The findings contribute to the elucidation of the potential policy impacts afforded when acknowledging imprecision and uncertainty in the data used in estimating Ecological Footprints.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ecological Footprints; Fuzzy set theory; Imprecision; Input–output tables
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0921-8009
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2022 14:33
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/17975

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