resources Article Application of Ecological Footprint Accounting as a Part of an Integrated Assessment of Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of the Footprint of Food of a Large City Małgorzata Swi´ ˛ader 1,* ID , Szymon Szewra ´nski 1 ID , Jan K. Kazak 1 ID , Joost van Hoof 1,2 ID , David Lin 3 ID , Mathis Wackernagel 3 and Armando Alves 3,4 ID 1 Department of Spatial Economy, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 55, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +48-71-320-18-68 Received: 2 July 2018; Accepted: 9 August 2018; Published: 13 August 2018 Abstract: The increasing rate of urbanization along with its socio-environmental impact are major global challenges. Therefore, there is a need to assess the boundaries to growth for the future development of cities by the inclusion of the assessment of the environmental carrying capacity (ECC) into spatial management. The purpose is to assess the resource dependence of a given entity.