ecological footprint
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ecological footprint
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First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis.
noun ecological footprints
- A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices. Cities are graphically represented as a human foot to make a straightforward connection between the ecological footprint metaphor and the impact of urban life on local and distant environments.
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noun measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
| Español | huella ecológica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생태발자국 saengtaebaljaguk |
| 中文 | 生態足跡 /生态足迹 shēngtàizújì |
| Português | pegada ecológica |
| Français | empreinte écologique |
| Deutsch | Ökologischer Fußabdruck |
| Italiano | impronta ecologica |
| Русский | экологи́ческий след ekologíčeskij sled |
| Tiếng Việt | dấu chân sinh thái |
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title = {ecological footprint},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ecological%20footprint},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
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