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Ecological Footprint
Anup Ghimire
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Environmental Sustainability of urban or rural area can be measured with
ecological footprint
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Ecological footprint is the amount of bio productive land and sea required
supporting a person’s lifestyle.
WWF(2007)
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Ecological footprint of a city can be calculated using individual’s
requirement of productive land and sea using their current expenses in housing, transport, food, consumer
items, private services, public services, capital investment and
miscellaneous sectors.
WWF(2007)
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Human consumption of resources equivalent to average productivity of
global hectares is expressed in ecological footprint.
Sage Publication(2006)
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Urbanization has been identified as a triggering factor for larger ecological
footprint as it increases resource consumption
WWF(2014)
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British City Ranks: Ecological Footprint
1. Newport and Plymouth15. Glasgow and Cardiff
17. Birmingham21. Liverpool44. London
60. WinchesterWWF(2007)
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Ecological Footprint: England
Plymouth: 2.78 PlanetsSalisbury: 2.79 Planets Oxford: 3.4 PlanetsPortsmouth: 3.21 Planets
WWF(2007)
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Ecological Footprint of World in 1997 was 2.3 hectares per
capita.
ucl.ac.uk (1997)
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Ecological Footprint: Nations (1997)hectares per capita
Bangladesh: 0.7China : 1.2
Indonesia: 1.6S. Korea: 2.0
Peru: 1.7
ucl.ac.uk (1997)
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Ecological Footprint: Nations (1997)hectares per capita
Australia : 8.1Iceland: 9.9New Zealand: 9.8United States: 8.4
ucl.ac.uk(1997)