Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Johan Rockström; Will Steffen; Kevin J. Noone; Åsa Persson; F. Stuart Chapin; Éric F. Lambin; Timothy M. Lenton; Marten Scheffer; Carl Folke; Hans Joachim Schellnhuber; Björn Nykvist; Cynthia A. de Wit; Terry P. Hughes; Sander van der Leeuw; Henning Rodhe; Sverker Sörlin; P. K. Snyder; Robert Costanza; Uno Svedin; Malin Falkenmark; Louise Karlberg; Robert W. Corell; Victoria J. Fabry; James E. Hansen; Brian Walker; Diana Liverman; Katherine Richardson; Paul J. Crutzen; Jonathan A. Foley

doi:10.5751/es-03180-140232

Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

Ecology and Society 14(2)

Article 2009 English

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Rockström, J., W. Steffen, K. Noone, Å. Persson, F. S. Chapin, III, E. Lambin, T. M. Lenton, M. Scheffer, C. Folke, H. Schellnhuber, B. Nykvist, C. A. De Wit, T. Hughes, S. van der Leeuw, H. Rodhe, S. Sörlin, P. K. Snyder, R. Costanza, U. Svedin, M. Falkenmark, L. Karlberg, R. W. Corell, V. J. Fabry, J. Hansen, B. Walker, D. Liverman, K. Richardson, P. Crutzen, and J. Foley. 2009. Planetary boundaries:exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecology and Society 14(2): 32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03180-140232

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