The footprint of a city is defined as the amount of land required to sustain its metabolism; that is, to provide the raw materials on which it feeds, and process the waste products it excretaes.
“Tokyo” as defined here is a conurban region that includes the 23 wards of Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the surrounding prefectures [...]
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The Ecological Footprints of Tokyo
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Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis @ the University of Sydney
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http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/research/ef.shtml
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REDUCING SCOTLAND ‘S FOOTPRINT
Scotland, like other developed countries, is using an unfair and unsustainable share of the world’s resources.
An ecological footprint is an estimate of the land and sea area needed to provide all the energy, water, transport, food and materials that we consume. In 2001, the average Scot had an ecological [...]
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Measuring our ecological footprint
By Jane Mundy
15 March 2002
Researchers in the School of Physics have carried out the world’s first compre-hensive case study of a university’s environmental impact.
Dr Manfred Lenzen and third-year student Richard Wood have conducted a holistic assessment of the “ecological footprint” (EF) of the School of Physics, using methodology developed by Dr Lenzen [...]
