张家界旅游可持续发展能力的生态足迹评价

Assessment of Ecological Footprint of Sustainable Development of Tourism for Zhangjiajie City

应用Wackernagel等提出的生态足迹评价方法对张家界2004年旅游生态足迹和旅游生态承载力进行分析和计算,以测度张家界旅游可持续能力。结果表明:张家界旅游可持续发展面临较大困难,人均旅游生态赤字0.0594 hm2,必须采取措施,合理使用生态资源,才能保证旅游业持续发展。

By use of the ecological footprint assessment and calculation method, the tourism ecological footprint and tourism ecological bearing capacity of Zhangjiajie City for 2004 were analyzed and calculated, and the tourism sustainability of Zhangjiajie City was quantitatively evaluated. The result shows that, with serious difficulties in tourism sustainable development, the tourism ecological deficit of Zhangjiajie City reaches 0. 0594 hm^2 per capita. We must put forward some effective measures to control the distribution of tourists＇ flow reasonably and to protect tourist resources and environment so as to achieve its sustainable development.