Andersen CB and Quinn J (2020) Human appropriation of net primary production. In: Goldstein MI and DellaSala DA (eds) Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes. Oxford: Elsevier, 22–28. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489124340
Arrow K, Bolin B, Costanza R, Dasgupta P, Folke C, Holling CS, Jansson B-O, Levin S, Mäler K-G and Perrings C (1995) Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment. Ecological Economics 15(2):91–95
Bagheri A and Hjorth P (2007) Planning for sustainable development: A paradigm shift towards a process-based approach. Sustainable Development 15(2):83–96
Ben-Eli M (2012) The cybernetics of sustainability: definition and underlying principles. Enough for all forever: A handbook for learning about sustainability 255–268
Ben-Eli MU (2018) Sustainability: Definition and five core principles, a systems perspective. Sustainability Science 13(5):1337–1343
Biggs R, Schlüter M, Biggs D, Bohensky EL, BurnSilver S, Cundill G, Dakos V, Daw TM, Evans LS and Kotschy K (2012) Toward principles for enhancing the resilience of ecosystem services. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 37:421–448
Binder CR, Hinkel J, Bots PWG, and Pahl-Wostl C (2013) Comparison of frameworks for analyzing social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 18(4):26
Bookers Agricultural and Technical Services L and Hunting Technical Services L (1975) National cropping plan. Tehran, Iran: Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Iran
Boumans R, Costanza R, Farley J, Wilson MA, Portela R, Rotmans J, Villa F, and Grasso M (2002) Modeling the dynamics of the integrated earth system and the value of global ecosystem services using the GUMBO model. Ecological Economics 41(3):529–560
Bowd R, Quinn NW, and Kotze DC (2015) Toward an analytical framework for understanding complex social-ecological systems when conducting environmental impact assessments in South Africa. Ecology and Society. The Resilience Alliance 20(1):41
Cohen JE (1995) Population growth and earth’s human carrying capacity. Science 269(5222):341
Costanza R and Patten BC (1995) Defining and predicting sustainability. Ecological Economics 15(3):193–196
de Leeuw J, Rizayeva A, Namazov E, Bayramov E, Marshall MT, Etzold J, and Neudert R (2019) Application of the MODIS MOD 17 Net Primary Production product in grassland carrying capacity assessment. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 78:66–76
de Molina MG and Toledo VM (2014) The social metabolism. A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change, Springer, New York
Döscher R, Acosta M, Alessandri A, Anthoni P, Arneth A, Arsouze T, Bergmann T, Bernadello R, Bousetta S, Caron LP, … Zhang Q (2021) The EC-Earth3 Earth System Model for the climate model intercomparison Project 6. Geoscientific Model Development Discussion, Copernicus Publications 2021:1–90
Falkenmark M (2008) Water and sustainability: A reappraisal. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 50(2):4–17
Falkenmark M and Lindh G (1974) Impact of water resources on population. Paper submitted by the Swedish Delegation to the UN World Population Conference, Bucharest, 19–30
Falkenmark M, Lindh G, Tanner RG, Mageed YA, and te Chow V (2019) Water for a starving world. Routledge
Franck S, von Bloh W, Müller C, Bondeau A, and Sakschewski B (2011) Harvesting the sun: New estimations of the maximum population of planet Earth. Ecological Modelling 222(12):2019–2026
Goldin I (2014) Is the planet full? Oxford University Press, USA
Graymore M (2005) Journey to sustainability: Small regions, sustainable carrying capacity and sustainability assessment methods. Doctor of Philosophy. Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane
Graymore MLM, Sipe NG, and Rickson RE (2010) Sustaining human carrying capacity: A tool for regional sustainability assessment. Ecological Economics 69(3):459–468
Gunderson LH and Holling CS (2002) Panarchy: Understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Washington, DC: Island Press
Haberl H, Fischer-Kowalski M, Krausmann F, and Winiwarter V (2016) Social Ecology: Society-Nature Relations across Time and Space. Springer
Hack-ten Broeke MJD, Mulder HM, Bartholomeus RP, van Dam JC, Holshof G, Hoving IE, Walvoort DJJ, Heinen M, Kroes JG, van Bakel PJT, … Ruijtenberg R (2019) Quantitative land evaluation implemented in Dutch water management. Geoderma 338:536–545
Holling CS (2001) Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social systems. Ecosystems 4(5):390–405
Hui C (2015) Carrying capacity of the environment. In: Wright JD (ed) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition). Oxford: Elsevier 155–160
Keenan TF, Luo X, de Kauwe MG, Medlyn BE, Prentice IC, Stocker BD, Smith NG, Terrer C, Wang H, Zhang Y, and Zhou S (2021) A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to increasing CO2. Nature 600(7888):253–258
Khorsandi M, Homayouni S, and van Oel P (2022) The edge of the petri dish for a nation: Water resources carrying capacity assessment for Iran. Science of the Total Environment 817:153038
Lane M (2010) The carrying capacity imperative: Assessing regional carrying capacity methodologies for sustainable land-use planning. Land Use Policy 27(4):1038–1045
Lane M (2014) The development of a carrying capacity assessment model for the Australian socio-environmental context. Australia, Queensland University of Technology
Lane M (2017) Exploring short-term and long-term time frames in Australian population carrying capacity assessment. Population and Environment 38(3):309–324
Lane M, Dawes L, and Grace P (2014) The essential parameters of a resource-based carrying capacity assessment model: An Australian case study. Ecological Modelling 272(0):220–231
Lane M, Dawes L and Grace P (2015) Scalar considerations in carrying capacity assessment: An Australian example. Population and Environment 36(3):356–371
Lubell M and Niles MT (2019) The limits of capacity building. Nature Climate Change 9(8):578–579
Mallet J (2012) The struggle for existence. How the notion of carrying capacity, K, obscures the links between demography, Darwinian evolution and speciation. Evolutionary Ecology Research
Mann CC (2018) The wizard and the prophet: Two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions to shape tomorrow’s world. Knopf
Maslow AH (1943) A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review. US: American Psychological Association 50(4):370–396
Mauerhofer V (2013) Social capital, social capacity and social carrying capacity: Perspectives for the social basics within environmental sustainability. Futures 53:63–73
Meadows DH, Goldsmith EI, and Meadows P (1972) The limits to growth. Earth Island Limited London
Meadows DH, Randers J, and Meadows D (2004) A synopsis: Limits to growth: The 30-Year Update. Estados Unidos: Chelsea Green Publishing Company. Earth Island Limited London 381
Meadows D, Randers J, and Meadows D (2006) Limits to growth: The 30-year update. Elsevier
Mesgaran MB and Azadi P (2018) A national adaptation plan for water scarcity in Iran. Working paper 6, Stanford Iran 2040 Project, Stanford University, August 2018
Mesgaran MB, Madani K, Hashemi H, and Azadi P (2017) Iran’s land suitability for agriculture. Scientific Reports 7(1):7670
Mohammadi Sedaran H, Delavar M, and Shahbazbegian M (2021) Assessment of water resources carrying capacity of the river basins using the simulation approach and index-based evaluation method; Case Study: Zarrineh-Roud Basin. Iran-Water Resources Research 17(2):154–173
Porkka M, Guillaume JHA, Siebert S, Schaphoff S, and Kummu M (2017) The use of food imports to overcome local limits to growth. Earth’s Future
Randers J, Golüke U, Wenstøp F, and Wenstøp S (2016) A user-friendly earth system model of low complexity: The ESCIMO system dynamics model of global warming towards 2100. Earth System Dynamics, Copernicus Publications 7(4):831–850
Randers J, Rockström J, Stoknes P-E, Goluke U, Collste D, Cornell SE, and Donges J (2019) Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals within 9 planetary boundaries. Global Sustainability 2
Robinson NP, Allred BW, Smith WK, Jones MO, Moreno A, Erickson TA, Naugle DE, and Running SW (2018) Terrestrial primary production for the conterminous United States derived from Landsat 30 m and MODIS 250 m. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 4(3):264–280
Rockström J, Steffen W, Noone K, Persson Å, Chapin III FS, Lambin E, Lenton T, Scheffer M, Folke C, and Schellnhuber HJ (2009) Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity. Ecology and society 14(2):32
Schlüter M, Hinkel J, Bots PWG, and Arlinghaus R (2014) Application of the SES framework for model-based analysis of the dynamics of social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society, The Resilience Alliance 19(1):36
Schoemaker PJH (1995) Scenario planning: A tool for strategic thinking. Sloan Management Review 36(2):25–50
Steffen W, Richardson K, Rockström J, Cornell SE, Fetzer I, Bennett EM, Biggs R, Carpenter SR, de Vries W, de Wit CA, … Sörlin S (2015) Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science 347(6223), DOI: 10.1126/science.1259855
Tretyakova EA (2013) Evolution of research and evaluation methodology of sustainable development of social and economic systems. World Applied Sciences Journal 25(5):756–759
Weihua Z, Huadong W, Jiyu X, Wenhu Y, Boren G, and Fengqiao M (1992) Environmental carrying capacity: A Key to coordinating population, resources and environment. Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment, Taylor & Francis 1(1):26–32
)
