ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE
The paper studied the importance of Ecological Footprint (EF) for estimating the biologically productive area. Since the Ecological Footprint is a measure of renewable biocapacity, we argue that some dimensions of ecological sustainability should not be included in the Ecological Footprint. These in...
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University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest
2013-10-01
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| author | Gabriela Cornelia PICIU |
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| description | The paper studied the importance of Ecological Footprint (EF) for estimating the biologically productive area. Since the Ecological Footprint is a measure of renewable biocapacity, we argue that some dimensions of ecological sustainability should not be included in the Ecological Footprint. These include human activities that should be phased out to obtain sustainability, such as emissions of persistent compounds foreign to nature and qualitative aspects that represent secondary uses of ecological areas and do not, therefore, occupy a clearly identifiable additional ecological space. We also conclude that the Ecological Footprint is useful for documenting the overall human use or abuse of the potentially renewable functions and services of nature. Particularly, by aggregating in a consistent way a variety of human impacts, it can effectively identify the scale of the human economy by comparison with the size of the biosphere. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5f61908bc7846a78e7e6331bd7494812022-12-22T01:56:43ZengUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, BucharestScientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development2284-79952285-39522013-10-01133197206ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVEGabriela Cornelia PICIU0Financial and Monetary Research Center – Victor Slăvescu, Romanian AcademyThe paper studied the importance of Ecological Footprint (EF) for estimating the biologically productive area. Since the Ecological Footprint is a measure of renewable biocapacity, we argue that some dimensions of ecological sustainability should not be included in the Ecological Footprint. These include human activities that should be phased out to obtain sustainability, such as emissions of persistent compounds foreign to nature and qualitative aspects that represent secondary uses of ecological areas and do not, therefore, occupy a clearly identifiable additional ecological space. We also conclude that the Ecological Footprint is useful for documenting the overall human use or abuse of the potentially renewable functions and services of nature. Particularly, by aggregating in a consistent way a variety of human impacts, it can effectively identify the scale of the human economy by comparison with the size of the biosphere.http://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol3_3/Art35.pdfecological areaecological footprintimpactrenewable biocapacitysustainability |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela Cornelia PICIU ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development ecological area ecological footprint impact renewable biocapacity sustainability |
| title | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE |
| title_full | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE |
| title_fullStr | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE |
| title_full_unstemmed | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE |
| title_short | ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE |
| title_sort | ecological footprint from the sustainability perspective |
| topic | ecological area ecological footprint impact renewable biocapacity sustainability |
| url | http://managementjournal.usamv.ro/pdf/vol3_3/Art35.pdf |
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