Title: The Method of Ecological Assessment and an Evalution of Regional Ecological Footprint ——Taking Wuxi City as an Example
Abstract: The ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity calculation results of Wuxi City from 1998 to 2002 have been obtained and analyzed through using the ecological footprint concept and the calculation method originally forwarded by Wackermagel et al. At the same time the sustainable development of society and economy and the ecological condition have been measured macroscopically by ecological footprint calculating and anaysing. The calculation results show that ecological deficit in Wuxi City from 1998 to 2002 increased from 2.4945ha/cap to 4.0301ha/cap, and the coordination state is not optimistic, ecological safety has been threatened badly. So it is imperative that we must reconsider the inconsistency between the rapid development of economy and society and the ecological environment.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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