Pathways to urban sustainability

The concept of sustainable development has become very much in vogue in the past decade. We have also observed a shift in the interpretation of this concept from a global perspective to a meso perspective—that is, at a local, regional or sectoral level. This paper aims at highlighting the urban dimension of environmental issues. After a sketch of urban pollution problems and of tools for economic analysis, the notion of urban sustainability will be advocated as a meaningful analytical and policy concept. Next, the main focus of this paper will be on a typological approach to urban sustainability issues on the basis of three characteristic angles, viz. strong and weak sustainability, absolute and relative decoupling and the spatial ecological footprint. Various methodological issues will also be discussed, while the paper will conclude with some perspectives on policy issues. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于能值生态足迹的海岛可持续性评估——以舟山为例

基于能值理论,结合生态足迹方法,构建能值生态赤字/盈余、渔业足迹强度(D)、社会发展压力指数(I)和经济协调指数(Q)参数评价海岛可持续性,选取典型海岛城市浙江省舟山市作为案例研究。结果显示:2003—2017年舟山能值足迹、能值承载力均呈上升趋势;人均能值生态足迹共增加15.78 hm²,增幅为63.26%;人均能值承载力增加5.20×10² hm²,增幅为82.86%;其中,化石能源用地能值足迹增加最多,社会经济承载力增加最多,而自然承载力却有所下降。能值生态赤字/盈余和经济协调指数不能完全反映区域可持续性,区域渔业足迹强度的不断增加表明当前的渔业经济模式不满足可持续发展要求,社会发展压力指数增大也进一步表明舟山的发展状况偏离了可持续性的轨道。     

乡村旅游生态足迹结构与特征研究——以北京市延庆县柳沟村为例

通过对北京市郊县柳沟村的实证研究,得到乡村旅游生态足迹的特点和构成.研究发现,各类生态系统服务多功能性节约了部分生态足迹,该村60万游客2011年生态足迹为2266.724chm2,平均0.003778chm2/人,是一种生态足迹较小的旅游方式;占用土地类型比例依次是化石能源地45.37％、可耕地44.79％、水域9.69％、建成地0.15％.从旅游环节来看,食宿、交通、游购娱、废弃物处理比例分别为46.06％、27.25％、22.54％、4.15％.由于本地不具备生产条件或生产优势,食物贸易转移了部分生态足迹,目的地发展旅游业可提高生态效率和社会效益.     

Calculating ecological footprints at the municipal level: what is a reasonable approach for Canada?

No clear ecological footprint calculation strategy is available for small- and mid-sized communities within Canada. By adjusting provincial or national footprint findings using data sets available in the public domain, we develop and test a calculation strategy to estimate municipal ecological footprints. Because the calculation approach is consistent with the Global Footprint Network standardised methodology, it permits meaningful comparisons between communities and with global and national footprint estimates. It offers planners, policy-makers, and community leaders an accessible, straight forward, and cost effective strategy for estimating the ecological footprint at the community and municipal level. The suggested approach is best suited for using the ecological footprint as an awareness and education tool. The large number of limitations associated with calculating the municipal approach and limitations associated with calculating ecological footprints in general at the local level make it an unsuitable tool to inform community planning and policy development.     

Ecological footprint analysis applied to a sub-national area: the case of the Province of Siena (Italy)

This work is part of a larger project, which aims at investigating the environmental sustainability of the Province of Siena and of its communes, by means of different indicators and methods of analysis. The research presented in this article uses ecological footprint and biocapacity as indicators to monitor the environmental conditions of the area of Siena, thus complementing previous studies carried out using Emergy, greenhouse gases balance and other methods. The calculations have been performed in such a way as to enable a disaggregation of the final results according to the classical categories of ecologically productive land and of consumption, but also according to citizen's and public administration's areas of influence. This information allows us to investigate in detail the socio-economic aspects of environmental resource use. Among the notable results, the Siena territory is characterized by a nearly breakeven total ecological balance, a result contrasting with the national average and most of the other Italian provinces. Furthermore, the analysis has been carried out at different spatial scales (province, districts and communes), highlighting an inhomogeneous territorial structure consisting of subareas in ecological deficit compensated by zones in ecological surplus.     

上海市2003年生态足迹计算与分析

本文应用Wackernagel等提出的生态足迹概念和方法对上海区2003年的生态足迹和承载力进行计算和分析。结果表明,2003年上海市人均生态足迹为3．36hm^2,人均生态承载力为0．46hm^2。在此基础上提出了减缓上海市生态赤字的一系列措施,最后对模型的完善作出了展望。     

成都市可持续发展测度与分析

生态足迹是一种定量测量人类对自然利用程度的方法，已经被广泛应用于定量测度区域或城市的可持续发展。成都地处我国西部，是西部大开发的战略高地和“桥头堡”，对西部地区的发展起着示范、先导、辐射和带动作用。采用生态足迹理论和计算模型对成都市各类土地面积进行量化，具体计算出成都市的生态承载力、供需结构。计算结果表明，2003年其人均生态足迹超过了它的人均生态承载力，生态经济系统存在生态赤字，必须采取措施提高生态承载力，减少生态压力，探讨可持续发展的道路。     

生态足迹在城市可持续性定量测度中的应用———以济南市2003 年为例

根据生态足迹模型,对济南市2003年的生态足迹、生态承载力和生态赤字进行了实证计算和分析.结果表明:济南处于不可持续发展中.造成生态赤字大的原因是能源结构、对自然资源开发过度和人口密度大.因此,提高土地生产力、严格控制人口数量、建立资源节约型生产和消费体系势在必行.     

葫芦岛市生态承载力研究

运用生态足迹的理论和计算方法和生态足迹指标对葫芦岛市生态承载力进行了研究。研究表明:2000年~2003年人均生态足迹达2.376 4 hm2,全市生态足迹达642.252 9×104hm2,人均生态承载力0.595 6 hm2,全市生态承载力160.914 7×104hm2,人均生态赤字1.780 8 hm2,全市生态足迹赤字高达481.338 2×104hm2。葫芦岛市生态系统处于人类过度开发利用和压力下,区域经济社会发展处于不可持续状态。生态足迹模型为研究生态环境的承载力提供了一种廉价而快速的计算框架,作为确定葫芦岛市生态承载力的方法与模式,简单、综合而且实用。     

1999-2008年临沂市生态足迹分析

以《临沂统计年鉴》与临沂市国土资源局提供的数据为依据,计算分析了临沂市近10年来的生态足迹和生态承载力。研究结果表明,1999-2008年临沂市的平均生态足迹为2．4056hm^2／cap,平均生态承载力为1．5828hm^2／cap,平均赤字0．8228hm^2／cap,生态处于不可持续发展状态。此外,临沂市万元GDP生态足迹值总体上呈下降趋势,表明临沂市资源利用效率的提高和经济增长方式的良性转变。     

芜湖市2003年生态足迹研究

生态足迹是近年来较为流行的定量测定人类对自然利用程度的新方法.利用生态足迹计算方法对芜湖市2003年的生态足迹进行了实证计算与分析,计算结果显示芜湖市2003年人均生态赤字为1.65hm2,表明其发展处于不可持续状态.针对目前的状况提出了芜湖市可持续发展的对策和建议.     

生态足迹理论在市域生态承载力评价中的改进探讨

从均衡因子、产量因子和评价结果等方面分析了生态足迹模型在市域生态承载力评价中的不足.以乌鲁木齐市为例,对生态足迹模型进行了改进,通过情景预测,提出提高市域生态承载力的建议和措施,并对生态足迹研究方向进行了展望.     

成都市生态足迹分析评价研究

生态足迹分析法是一种全新的生态承载力计算方法.从生态足迹分析原理出发,分析统计了成都市生物资源消费、碳吸收地、建设用地的生态足迹,得到人均生态赤字为1.183gha,属于较严重生态赤字区的结论.结果表明,该区域对自然的影响超出了其生态承载能力的范围,需要进行调整.     

乌鲁木齐市近5年生态足迹与生态承载力研究

生态足迹是一种可持续发展程度的生物物理评价方法.阐述了生态足迹的概念和计算模型,设计了城市生态足迹计算方法,对乌鲁木齐市2000-2004年共5年的生态足迹及生态承载力进行了测算.结果表明：各年的生态足迹需求均大于生态承载力,出现了生态赤字现象,该市处于生态不可持续状态.