Justin Kitzes

Ph.D. Student
Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley

Adjunct Senior Scientist
Global Footprint Network


Email: jkitzes @ berkeley.edu

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

10.Kitzes, J. and M. Wackernagel. 2009. Answers to Common Questions in Ecological Footprint Accounting. Ecological Indicators 9(4): 812-817.[link]
9.Kitzes, J., A. Galli, M. Bagliani, J. Barrett, G. Dige, S. Ede, K. Erb, S. Giljum, H. Haberl, C. Hails, S. Jungwirth, M. Lenzen, K. Lewis, J. Loh, N. Marchettini, H. Messinger, K. Milne, R. Moles, C. Monfreda, D. Moran, K. Nakano, A. Pyhälä, W. Rees, C. Simmons, M. Wackernagel, Y. Wada, C. Walsh, and T. Wiedmann. 2009. A Research Agenda for Improving National Ecological Footprint Accounts. Ecological Economics 68(7) 1991-2007.[link]
8.Moran, D., M. Wackernagel, J. Kitzes, B. Heumann, D. Phan, and S. Goldfinger. 2009.  Trading Spaces: Calculating Embodied Ecological Footprints in International Trade using a Product Land Use Matrix (PLUM). Ecological Economics 68(7) 1938-1951.[link]
7.Kitzes, J., D. Moran, A. Galli, Y. Wada, and M. Wackernagel. 2009. Interpretation and Application of the Ecological Footprint: A Reply to Fiala (2008). Ecological Economics 68(4): 929-930.[link]
6.Niccolucci V., A. Galli, J. Kitzes, R.M. Pulselli, S. Borsa, and N. Marchettini. 2008. Ecological Footprint analysis applied to the production of two Italian wines.  Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 128(3): 162-166.[link]
5. Kitzes, J., M. Wackernagel, J. Loh, A. Peller, S. Goldfinger, D. Cheng, and K. Tea.  2008. Shrink and Share: Humanity’s Present and Future Ecological Footprint. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 467-475.  [link]
4. Moran, D., M. Wackernagel, J. Kitzes, S. Goldfinger, and A. Boutaud. 2008. Measuring Sustainable Development – Nation by Nation. Ecological Economics 64: 470-474. [link]
3. Galli, A., J. Kitzes, P. Wermer, M. Wackernagel, V. Niccolucci, and E. Tiezzi. 2007. An Exploration of the Mathematics Behind the Ecological Footprint. International Journal of Ecodynamics 2(4): 250-257. [link]
2. Wackernagel, M., J. Kitzes, D. Moran, S. Goldfinger, and M. Thomas. 2006. The Ecological Footprint of Cities and Regions: Comparing Resource Availability with Resource Demand. Environment and Urbanization 18(1): 103-112. [link]
1. Kitzes, J.A. and M.W. Denny. 2005. Red Algae Respond to Waves: Morphological and Mechanical Variation in Mastocarpus papillatus Along a Gradient of Force. Biological Bulletin 208(2): 114-119. [link]


Book Chapters

2.Harte, J. and J. Kitzes. In Press. The Use and Misuse of Species Area Relationships in Predicting Climate-Driven Extinction. Extinction Risk from Climate Change. Ed. L. Hannah. Island Press.
1.Wackernagel, M. and J. Kitzes. 2008. Human Ecology: The Ecological Footprint. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Ed. S.E. Jorgensen and Brian Fath. Elsevier.


Selected Papers and Reports

6.Kitzes, J., A. Galli, S. Risk, A. Reed, and M. Wackernagel. 2008. Guidebook to the National Footprint Accounts: 2008 Edition. Global Footprint Network, Oakland, California. 99 pp. [pdf]
5.Kitzes, J., S. Buchan, A. Galli, B. Ewing, S. Cheng, G. Xie, and S. Cao.  2008.  Report on the Ecological Footprint in China.  WWF China and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development.  Beijing, China.[pdf]
4. Kitzes, J., A. Peller, S. Goldfinger, and M. Wackernagel.  2007.  Current Methods for Calculating National Ecological Footprint Accounts.  Science for Environment & Sustainable Society (Research Center for Sustainability and Environment, Shiga University) 4(1): 1-9. [pdf]
3.Kitzes, J., A. Galli, M. Wackernagel, S. Goldfinger, and S. Bastianoni.  2007.  A “Constant Global Hectare” Method for Representing Ecological Footprint Time Trends.  Paper Presented at the International Ecological Footprint Conference.  Cardiff, United Kingdom.[pdf]
2. Kitzes, J.  2005.  The Environmental and Health Impacts of Wheat Agriculture in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico.  M.S. Thesis, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University.  77 pp.
1. Kitzes, J.  2005.  Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Citrus Production in Belize: Better Management Practices and Eco-Certification.  WWF Central America, Belize Programme Office.  42 pp.


Last updated January 2010