Ecological Footprint Dynamics of Yunnan, China

作     者：LU Ying HE Daming Sam Buchanan LIU Jiang LU Ying1 , HE Daming1* , Sam Buchanan1, 2, LIU Jiang1 1 Asian International Rivers Center, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China 2 The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2025, Australia

作者机构：Asian International Rivers Center Yunnan University Kunming 650091 China The University of New South Wales Sydney 2025 Australia 

出 版 物：《Journal of Mountain Science》 (山地科学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2009年第6卷第3期

页      面：286-292页

核心收录：

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 083001[工学-环境科学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 020202[经济学-区域经济学] 

基　　金：funded by the National Key Project for Basic Research of China (973)  (Grant No.2003CB415100) 

主　　题：Ecological Footprint biological capacity ecological deficit sustainable development Yunnan China 

摘      要：A fundamental element of sustainable development is that humans live within nature s biological capacity. Quantifying this, however, remains a significant challenge for which there are many emerging tools. The concept of the Ecological Footprint is one such accounting tool for comprehensive assessment of the status of sustainable development, based on integration of resource consumption and land capacity, reflecting the human impact on the environment. A region s development is defined as unsustainable when the Ecological Footprint surpasses the biological capacity. In this paper, the Ecological Footprint concept was applied in assessing the development of Yunnan Province, China in a period between 1988 and 2006. The results showed that the Ecological Footprint per capita in Yunnan rose from 0.854 gha in 1988 to 2.11 gha in 2006. Ecological deficit, defined as when the human demand on the land surpasses the regions biological productive capacity, emerged in 1991 and quickly increased from 0.02 gha in 1991 to 1.05 gha in 2006. The increase in the ecological deficit is primarily a result of the rapid increase in population and consumption level. To achieve sustainable development in Yunnan, production and consumption rates need to be modified.