Title :
Analysis of ecological footprint of Mengyin county during 1999–2008
Author_Institution :
Shandong Provincial Key Lab. of Soil & Water Conservation & Environ. Protection, Linyi Univ., Linyi, China
Abstract :
The ecological footprints and ecological carrying capacity of Mengyin County between the years of 1999 and 2008 are calculated and analyzed based on the data of statistical yearbook of Mengyin and Land and Resources Bureau of Mengyin County. The results show that the average ecological footprint, capacity and deficit in this period are 2.0531 hm2/cap, 0.8949 hm2/cap and 1.1572 hm2/cap respectively, so it can be concluded that the city is in a state of unsustainable development.
Keywords :
ecology; sustainable development; Mengyin county; ecological carrying capacity; ecological footprint analysis; unsustainable development; Biology; Cities and towns; Energy consumption; Planets; Productivity; Sustainable development; Mengyin County; ecological carrying capacity; ecological footprint;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9172-8
DOI :
10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964919