Article history: Received 27 February 2008 Received in revised form 16 July 2008 Accepted 22 July 2008 Available online 29 August 2008 The ecological footprint is a measure of the resources necessary to produce the goods that an individual or population consumes. It is also used as a measure of sustainability, though evidence suggests that it falls short. The assumptions behind footprint calcul...

Adaptive management as applied to tourism policy treats management policies as experiments that probe the responses of the system as human behavior changes. We present a conceptual systems model that incorporates the gap between observed and desired levels of the ecological footprint with respect to biocapacity. Addressing this gap (or 'overshoot') can inform strategies to increase or decrease ...

Our goal is to propose the ecological footprint as first growth restriction that currently faces Mexican economy. To capture attention of both orthodox and heterodox economists, we will analyze three restrictions on growth, namely, supply, demand, biocapacity side. recommendation highlights need for Mexico fully redesign its public policies in order substantially improve results terms environme...

This study assesses India’s environmental problems by focusing on the ecological footprint pressure index (EFPI), which provides a simultaneous analysis of biocapacity and footprint. In particular, examines impact export diversification, economic growth, renewable energy EFPI under Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for India. To analyze long-run relationships, Residual Augmented Ordinary Least Squ...

Different sustainability indicators tend to reflect different or even converse outcomes in terms of countries. A careful comparative study is needed to clarify whether these indicators are actually coherent with each other. We analyze and compare five sustainable development indicators. Pearson correlation was used to make a comparative study among them. Within the two groups, the indicators ar...

The rapid urbanization has exerted tremendous pressure on natural systems in mountains. As a measure of sustainable use of natural resources, ecological footprint is an important basis for judging whether the development of a country or region is within the biocapacity. Taking Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture as an example, this study comprehensively analyzes the impact of human activities on mou...

Ecological footprint (EF) indices estimate the impact of an individual’s lifestyle on the planet by converting levels of consumption into the amount of land needed to sustain production levels and lifestyle choices. Several popular organizations (e.g. WWF, Global Footprint Network) now offer personalized EF calculators to help inform consumers of the impacts of their personal consumption habits...

It has become a hot topic in sustainable development to determine how use data series predict the trajectory of ecological footprints (EFs), precisely map biocapacity (BC), and effectively analyze regional sustainability. The sustainability system Gansu province must be investigated because is situated western China serves as significant economic transportation hub. We used EF model compute per...

The ecological footprint and ecosystem service functions in the northwest arid region of China have their unique characteristics are limited by natural resources. coordination level between pressure human activities on capacity can be objectively reflected exploring coupling relationship these two aspects. This work used Integrated Valuation Ecosystem Services Trade-offs models to quantitativel...

Humans’ demands for biological resources and energies have always been increasing, whereas evidence has shown that this demand is outpacing the regenerative and absorptive capacity of the planet. Since China is experiencing unprecedented urbanization and industrialization processes, how much impact this has imposed on the earth during economic development worldwide is conspicuous. Therefore, th...