The Assessment of the Sustain ability on Human Activities through Ecologically Productive Land Calculated by the Ecological Footprint of Cheju Island

생산 가능한 토지면적산정기법을 이용한 지속성 평가에 대한 연구: 제주도 지역을 중심으로

  • Kim, Yong-Bum (Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Hyun, Youn-Joo (Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei Univ.) ;
  • Chung, Yong (Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei Univ.)
  • 김용범 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 현연주 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소) ;
  • 정용 (연세대학교 환경공해연구소)
  • Published : 1997.10.28

Abstract

The object of this study is the introduction and the application of Ecological Footprint(EF) for sustainability of regional people activities. It is a tool for the evaluation of specific projects through various lifestyles or consumption to area of broad policy and budgets. But in Korea there is no assessment for consumption level of human activities by EF. Therefore this study try to analyse ecologically productive land for human activities of Cheju-island in order to assess the sustainability in Cheju and compares with another industrized countries. We analyze the human activities level of Cheju-island then the EF is about 0.9(ha/cap). This value is not more than another countries like Canada and United States. EF assists in choosing technologies, policies and Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) which can perform a certain task with the smallest ecological footprint. It will help society to avoid collapse and move towards sustainability and ecological efficiency.

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