生态足迹研究综述

Review of Research on Ecological Footprint

生态足迹模型是衡量区域可持续发展状况较为常用的定量评价方法,被广泛应用于从全球到各个不同区域的时空尺度可持续发展研究中。综述生态足迹研究背景和国内外最新进展,总结生态足迹模型的基本概念和计算方法,评价其优缺点,为生态足迹研究的进一步开展提供理论依据。

Ecological footprint model is a quantitative evaluation method to measure the regional sustain-able development.It’s widely used in sustainable development of various spatial and temporal scales.This paper reviews the background and the latest developments of ecological footprint,summarizes the basic concept and calculation method of the model,and evaluates its advantages and disadvantages,with a hope of providing a theoretical basis for further development of ecological footprint study.