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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2014.28.6.769

A Study on the Estimation of Ecological Footprint in Gyeongsangbuk-do for Comparison of Environmental Capacity of Each Local Government  

Kang, Kee-Rae (Institute of Comprehensive Bio industrial, Pusan National University)
Kim, Hee-Chae (Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Dong-Pil (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Pusan National University)
Oh, Hyun-Kyung (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Chonbuk National University)
Cho, Kwang-Jin (National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Shin, Young-Ho (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Kyungpook National University)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.28, no.6, 2014 , pp. 769-778 More about this Journal
Abstract
The rapid urbanization and increase in population due to industrialization have led to the extension of cities and the reduction in naturality as a necessity. Now, it is the biggest threat to virtuous circle of ecosystem. With the expansion of common recognition that this ecological crisis would be accompanied by the crisis of mankind, many countries all around the world are conducting researches to indicate the optimum consumption level of individual as an index in addition to cross-national environmental indicators such as ESI, EPI and SDI, by measuring environmental consumption of state, local government or individual, and comparing each region. Based on this background, this research was carried out to estimate the environmental capacity of 23 local government in Gyeongsangbuk-do. The result of EF estimation showed that EF value necessary for life per head in Gyeongsangbuk-do was 0.9534, and it showed an ecological deficit of 25.3 percent when analyzing it in consideration of the ecological capacity. Also, among the local governments in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Youngduk-gun displayed the highest EF, and Ulleung-gun displayed the lowest EF. But when analyzing the ecological deficit in consideration of the ecological capacity of each region, Gumi-city showed the greatest ecological deficit, and Youngyang-gun showed the biggest ecological capacity. The environmental capacity estimated in this study is to digitize the ecological capacity and ecological deficit of each local government in Gyeongsangbuk-do. The estimated optimum environmental capacity of each local government suggests the scale of environmental preservation and proper development and furthermore, could be used as fundamental data for persuading members of each local government when selecting a location of development facility or preservation area.
Keywords
ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL DEFICIT; ECOLOGICAL CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSUMPTION; SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT;
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