生态空间占用研究初探

Primary Discuss on Ecological Footprint

生态空间占用是由生态经济学家提出的一种衡量人类对自然资源的利用程度以及自然界为人提供的生命支持服务功能的方法。它根据维持人类的自然资源消费量和同化人类产生的废弃物所需要生产性空间进行估算。并与给定区域实际生物承载力进行比较,衡量区域的可持续发展状况[1]。随着我国经济的发展,可持续发展问题将越来越重要,开展生态空间占用的研究也变得十分紧迫和必要。

Ecological footprint is a useful indicator for measuring pressure imposed by human on natural resource and offering real bio - capacity within given region or country. This method tracks natural resources consumption of a nation or a region and translates them into biologically productive area, which is required to produce the resources and to assimilate the wastes. It is also a powerful indicator for regional sustainability. With the development of our economy, sustainable development will be more and more important, and study on ecological footprint also become very. urgent and important.