Improved method of ecological footprint – Funing County ecological economic system assessments |
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Authors: | Shuyu Wang Xinmin Bian |
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Institution: | (1) Agriculture College, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing, 210095, China;(2) Department of Environmental Economics, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan, 030006, China |
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Abstract: | This paper improves the ecological footprint method by regulating cropland area with cropping index. The results calculated
by the improved method are the area of cropland that human needed, but not of cropping. This study analyzes the ecological
supply/demand of Funing County in China with improved ecological footprint method. It suggested that ecological remainder
per thousand U.S. dollar GDP is regarded as the indicator of regional sustainable development ability and pointed out that
the stockbreeding is the keystone factor that affects the regional ecological footprint. |
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Keywords: | Ecological footprint Cropping index Ecological capacity Ecological remainder Development ability |
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