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http://dx.doi.org/10.17663/JWR.2017.19.4.523

A Study on Utilization Plan and Assessment of Ecological Carrying Capacity of Asan City - Focused on the Ecological Footprint Survey -  

Joo, YongJoon (Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute)
Sagong, Hee (Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute)
Lee, SangYoon (Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute)
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Journal of Wetlands Research / v.19, no.4, 2017 , pp. 523-532 More about this Journal
Abstract
Environmental problems in urban spaces tend to result from excessive use of resources faster than the ecosystem can recover itself. In order to address this problem, city or municipal governments tend to devise plans and policies to lead development within their ecological carrying capacity. This study computes ecological capacity of Asan city, Province Chung Nam, South Korea through applying the concept of ecological footprint. This study finds ecological footprint and deficit of Asan city in 2015 were 5.12 and -4.99, respectively. From 2001 to 2015, Asan city experienced not only an 81% increase of ecological footprint, but also a 190% increase of ecological deficit. Such results suggest that Asan city has experienced a steady increase of resource consumption due to population increase and urban growth, indicating that loss of ecological spaces such as green space, farmland, wetland and so on restoring the ecosystem has been accelerated. Therefore, in order to promote sustainable development, Asan city should not only protect green space, farmland, wetland, and so on but also create urban growth plans and policies taking into account its environmental capacity of the city. This study provides suggestions for Asan city to lead urban growth within its environmental capacity by applying ecological deficit.
Keywords
Ecological Footprint; Environmental Capacity; Ecological Deficit; Urban Plan;
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