生态足迹模型回顾与研究进展

The Review of Ecological Footprint Model and Its Research Progress

生态足迹模型是一种测度和比较人类经济系统对自然生态系统服务的需求与其生态承载力之间差距的测量方法。运用该模型可以定量地评估区域生态经济系统与人口数量之间是否协调发展,是可持续发展研究定量化的一个十分重要的方面。生态足迹概念自提出以来,被广泛应用于各国(区域)环境、经济和社会发展等诸多领域。由于生态足迹概念和模型提出与发展的时间较短,因此,该模型的研究还存在一些不足,如模型静态性问题、生产力状况与土地合理利用等。在有关国际机构、政府部门、非政府组织和相关研究机构的广泛关注和参与下,其相关理论和研究方法正在不断完善,其应用范围也将不断扩大。

The ecological footprint model is a method of measuring and comparing the gap between the service demand of human economic system to the natural ecological system and its ecological capacity. By using this model,we can evaluate quantificationally whether the regional eco -economic system is developing harmoniously with the population quantity,and this is a crucial aspect of developing and studying quantification persistently. As it＇ s not been long since the advancement and devdopment of the concept and model of the ecological footprint,the study of this model is still insufficient. I believe that its relevant theories and research methods will be continuously improved and the range of application will be enlarged with the broad attention and participation of relevant international institutions,governmental departments,nongovernmental organizations and relevant research institutes.