Short Introduction of Ecological Foorprint

1. Ecological
Footprint
Anup Ghimire

2. Environmental Sustainability of urban or
rural area can be measured with ecological
footprint

3. Ecological footprint is the amount of bio
productive land and sea required
supporting a person’s lifestyle.
WWF(2007)

4. 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)

5. Human consumption of resources
equivalent to average productivity of global
hectares is expressed in ecological footprint.
Sage Publication(2006)

6. Urbanization has been identified as a
triggering factor for larger ecological
footprint as it increases resource
consumption
WWF(2014)

7. British City Ranks: Ecological
Footprint
1. Newport and Plymouth
15. Glasgow and Cardiff
17. Birmingham
21. Liverpool
44. London
60. Winchester
WWF(2007)

8. Ecological Footprint: England
Plymouth: 2.78 Planets
Salisbury: 2.79 Planets
Oxford: 3.4 Planets
Portsmouth: 3.21 Planets
WWF(2007)

9. Ecological Footprint of World in
1997 was 2.3 hectares per capita.
ucl.ac.uk (1997)

10. Ecological Footprint: Nations (1997)
hectares per capita
Bangladesh: 0.7
China : 1.2
Indonesia: 1.6
S. Korea: 2.0
Peru: 1.7
ucl.ac.uk (1997)

11. Ecological Footprint: Nations (1997)
hectares per capita
Australia : 8.1
Iceland: 9.9
New Zealand: 9.8
United States: 8.4
ucl.ac.uk(1997)