a measure of the impact of direct and indirect consumption of resources and production of wastes
A tool for determining if our lifestyles are sustainable . Categories of human consumption translate into areas of productive land required to provide resources and assimilate waste products. The “footprint” is total amount of land required for food, housing, transport, consumer goods, and services. This approach shows that the most advanced countries consume and have a larger footprint on the earth than the rest of the planet.[iii
The amount of space or the environment necessary to produce the goods and services necessary to support a particular lifestyle
Measure of the ecological impact of the (1) consumption of food, wood products, and other resources, (2) use of buildings, roads, garbage dumps, and other things that consume land space, and (3) destruction of the forests needed to absorb the CO2 produced by burning fossil fuels.
An accounting tool for sustainability which measures of the amount of productive land and water area that is required to indefinitely satisfy the existing resource consumption of a given human population using prevailing technology.
a concept based on how much land and water area a human population needs to produce the resources required to sustain itself and to absorb its wastes, given prevailing technology
a concept based on how much land and water area a human population would need to provide the resources required to sustainably support itself and to absorb its wastes, given prevailing technology
a measure of an individual's or a population's impact on the environment
a measure of the load that a given population places on the Earth to meet its resource consumption and waste disposal needs
an estimation of the area of land and sea needed to sustainably provide all the energy, water, food and other materials that we consume
an indicator, or analytical tool, that uses the biologically productive area as its basic unit of measurement
an indicator that measures how big an area of productive land and water is needed to produce the resources we require to maintain our standard of living
a way of measuring a population's demand on nature
is a measure of the resource use by a population within a defined area of land, including imported resources. Assessment of the ecological footprints of nation states or other defined geographic areas reveals the true environmental impact of those states and their ability to survive on their own resources in the long term. The term "ecological footprint" can also be applied to products but it more commonly referred to as the environmental "rucksack" associated with product manufacturing.
Tourism developments rely on a hinterland much larger than their own area to provide the resources that support the levels of consumption they promote. This concept has been described as the developments 'ecological footprint' (Wackernagel 1993), which for a given community is the 'amount of land needed to biologically produce the resources they consume and to assimilate their waste indefinitely'.
the ecological impact of cities, including the direct local effects and the indirect regional and global effects due to the resources they use and the wastes they produce
the area of land (and water) that is required to support the human population of a particular city, region or country at a specified standard indefinitely.
A way of measuring human impact on natural systems.
The ecological footprint is a sustainability indicator which expresses the relationship between humans and the natural environment. The ecological footprint accounts the use of natural resources. It is a 'snapshot' measure and typically refers to average annual consumption.
an ecological footprint is a calculation of the area of biologically productive land and water required for a given population to exist at a given consumption level. Web-based footprint calculators typically focus upon consumption patterns of the individual lifestyle.
The land and water area that is required to support indefinitely the material standard of living of a given human population, using prevailing technology. The average American's "ecological footprint" is about 12 acres, an area far greater than that taken up by one's residence, work and school environment.
The amount of land, based on a global average productivity, needed to service the consumption patterns of a given population.
Measures human impact upon the environment - how much space or productive land is needed to support an individual's lifestyle. The larger the footprint the more impact the individual has on the Earth.
The area of land and water required to support a defined economy or human population at a specified standard of living indefinitely, using prevailing technology.
The ecological impact of our activities and operations on our environment
The total area of land and water required to produce the resources for and absorb the waste from a given population.
A measure of how much biologically productive land and water an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices. The Ecological Footprint is usually measured in global hectares. Because trade is global, an individual or country's Footprint includes land or sea from all over in the world. Ecological Footprint is often referred to in short form as Footprint (not footprint).
This is how much land it takes to provide the resources used, and dispose of the waste produced, for individuals or groups of people.
The total amount of biological material used, and hence a rough measure of impact on the planet. Ecological footprints may be measured for a person, building, city, nation, or at any of a number of scales. Numerous ways of measuring ecological footprints have been devised.
is the land and water area that is required to support a defined human population and material standard indefinitely, using prevailing technology.
The land, air and water that a city or nation needs to produce all of its resources and to dispose of all its waste. It is a way to determine if the lifestyle of a community is sustainable. It shows if a city or nation is utilizing more or less than its fair sustainable share of the worldâ€(tm)s resources.
A measure of the impact that an individual or a population has on their environment.
The phrase "ecological footprint" is a metaphor used to depict the amount of land and water area a human population would hypothetically need to provide the resources required to support itself and to absorb its wastes, given prevailing technology. The term was first coined in 1992 by Canadian ecologist and professor at the University of British Columbia, William Rees.