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National Footprint Accounts

This is a shareable data set, accessed from the Global Happy Planet Index under a creative commons license. It contains the data used to calculate this index. The 2017 version has the data up to 2013 included, The 2016 data on the website is copyrighted and not shareable.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Social development
Language
  • English
Use limitations All information contained in this Data Package can also be explored and downloaded from the Ecological Footprint Explorer as a part of Global Footprint Network's Open Data Platform. In addition, all figures shown in this Data Package are hyperlinked to an interactive version in the Footprint Explorer. The Explorer can be found at: http://data.footprintnetwork.org/
Dataset reference date January 1, 2017
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 1961
Temporal extent's end date January 1, 2013
GeoNames
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Timor-Leste
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Malaysia
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
Positional Accuracy
Logical Consistency No known issues with logical consistency
Completeness Data is complete for 164 countries. Please see data set for more information.
Process Step The resources in the data set have not been modified from the source. The National Footprint Accounts (NFAs) measure the ecological resource use and resource capacity of nations over time. Based on approximately 15,000 data points per country per year, the Accounts calculate the Footprints of over 200 countries, territories, and regions from 1961 to the present, providing the core data needed for all Ecological Footprint analysis worldwide. This Data Package contains Ecological Footprint and biocapacity as well as Human Development and population data to give a first approximation of the biological resource situation of the featured countries. All information contained in this Data Package can also be explored and downloaded from the Ecological Footprint Explorer as a part of Global Footprint Network's Open Data Platform. In addition, all figures shown in this Data Package are hyperlinked to an interactive version in the Footprint Explorer. The Explorer can be found at http://data.footprintnetwork.org/ Supporting documentation: Definitions of Key Concepts Calculation Methodology for the National Footprint Accounts Ecological Footprint Atlas
Lineage © 2017 Global Footprint Network. National Footprint Accounts, 2017 Edition. Please contact Global Footprint Network at data@footprintnetwork.org for more information.
Responsible party "Global Footprint Network receives funding to conduct research and publish on a number of NFA-related topics with collaborators around the world. We also encourage the academic and scientific communities to use our data to conduct independent research. Additionally, we welcome researchers of all disciplines to contact us with questions or for potential collaborations. A few examples of potential topics we are interested in exploring further include economics and sustainable development. If you are publishing research that uses our data, please let us know so we can highlight your work to magnify its impact: " data@footprintnetwork.org.
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Copyright No
Version 2017
Keywords Ecological Footprint,Biocapacity,Human Development
Date uploaded February 12, 2018, 13:29 (UTC)
Date modified February 15, 2018, 09:52 (UTC)