Table 2 Variables used to explain human footprint change across countries.

From: Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation

Variables

HF decreasing

HF increasing

Mean

S.d

Mean

S.d

Net trade (million $)

1,278

11,727

−1,765

14,310

Net trade (million tons)

16.78

74.72

−7.36

63.02

GDP ($ per capita)

29,784

15,159

25,145

16,745

Urban (% population)

76.64

12.50

69.60

16.89

HDI (non-income)

0.84

0.07

0.79

0.09

Control of corruption

1.02

1.06

0.26

0.93

Protected (% land)

13.61

8.67

14.62

11.02

  1. HF, human footprint.
  2. Values presented are means and s.d.’s for variables used to explain HF change for 73 rapidly growing economies. Data are summarized for countries where HF is decreasing (environmental improvement; n=26) and where HF is increasing (environmental deterioration; n=47).
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