Ecological Footprint as a tool for local sustainability: The municipality of Piacenza (Italy) as a case study

Scotti, Marco; Bondavalli, Cristina; Bodini, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2008.07.001

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“…The EF is an indicator that considers the energy and raw materials fluxes to and from any particular system, converting them into spaces of land or water necessary by nature for producing and/or assimilating these fluxes. Although EF was firstly developed to account for the consumption of natural resources depending on the lifestyle of nations and regions [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], improved methodologies allow the application of the EF to a wide variety of sectors and activities [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Pressure of nations on marine ecosystems has also been assessed by modified EF methodologies [6,[31][32][33].…”

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Sustainability of port activities within the framework of the fisheries sector: Port of Vigo (NW Spain)

Lopes

Antelo

Franco‐Uría

et al. 2013

Ecological Indicators

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Sustainability of the fisheries sector is nowadays a key issue due to the significant impact that this activity may have on the environment. Besides fishing activity itself, other indirect impacts, like those originated from related activities and services also need to be addressed. For assessing the environmental burden of this sector, the indicator Ecological Footprint (EF) can be used. The application of EF to the fisheries sector is still uncommon and studies of associated activities (like ports) even more. In this work, classical EF methodology was applied in order to evaluate the environmental impact of the fisheries sector, taking as a representative sample the global activity (fishing and transportation) of the Port of Vigo (Spain), one of the biggest fishing ports in the world. A high value of total EF for both port and fishing activities was obtained.However, relative EF is much higher in the case of fishing, due to the low natural productivity associated to fish resources. Most of footprint land-components pressure was on energy-land and sea area, being resources consumption the principal category contributing to EF values in all the evaluated scenarios.

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confidence: 99%

Sustainability of port activities within the framework of the fisheries sector: Port of Vigo (NW Spain)

Lopes

Antelo

Franco‐Uría

et al. 2013

Ecological Indicators

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“…I further complemented the field study research with an analysis of urban metabolism studies, where available, for cities in the countries identified in the step above. These studies documented average per capita consumption of energy by type and associated carbon dioxide emissions, consumption of water, production of municipal solid waste by type and weight [8,15,17,35].…”

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“…I also reviewed ecological footprint analyses of cities within the countries indexed, making an effort to locate EFA studies within countries at the various levels corresponding to: one-planet, two-planet, three-planet or more levels of per capita demand on nature's services. These studies included the following countries: Italy [35], Canada [36], Norway [16], China [17], Chile [37], United Kingdom [38], and United States of America [39].…”

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Ecological Footprints and Lifestyle Archetypes: Exploring Dimensions of Consumption and the Transformation Needed to Achieve Urban Sustainability

Moore

2015

Sustainability

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Abstract:The global urban transition increasingly positions cities as important influencers in determining sustainability outcomes. Urban sustainability literature tends to focus on the built environment as a solution space for reducing energy and materials demand; however, equally important is the consumption characteristics of the people who occupy the city. While size of dwelling and motor vehicle ownership are partially influenced by urban form, they are also influenced by cultural and socio-economic characteristics. Dietary choices and purchases of consumable goods are almost entirely driven by the latter. Using international field data that document urban ways of living, I develop lifestyle archetypes coupled with ecological footprint analysis to develop consumption benchmarks in the domains of: food, buildings, consumables, transportation, and water that correspond to various levels of demand on nature's services. I also explore the dimensions of transformation that would be needed in each of these domains for the per capita consumption patterns of urban dwellers to achieve ecological sustainability. The dimensions of transformation needed commensurate with ecological carrying capacity include: a 73% reduction in household energy use, a 96% reduction in motor vehicle ownership, a 78% reduction in per capita vehicle kilometres travelled, and a 79% reduction in air kilometres travelled.

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“…Based on GIS analysis results, then BC is calculated using the following equation (Scotti et al, 2009;Ewing et al, 2010;Borucke et al, 2013):…”

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Biocapacity in the Gili Matra Region: A Spatial Assessment of The Carrying Capacity of Small Islands

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Spatial as a contributor to biological productivity and ecosystem services have not been considered in the sustainable development of small islands. The aim of this study to appraise biocapacity (BC) in the Gili Matra Islands to estimate the existing carrying capacity for sustainable development, and refines the current BC methodology that emphasizes the spatial aspects in small islands. Based on analysis results, the Gili Matra Islands have BC total ranging from 659.46 to 1,069.57 gha in 2010, and increased from 673.64 to 1,093.02 gha in 2014. The highest total BC is the Gili Trawangan Island, while the lowest is the Gili Meno Island, but for the local BC is the opposite. The total local BC per island can be supplied around 0.00857 gha per capita for the Gili Ayer Island, 0.20103 gha per capita for the Gili Meno Island, and 0.00344 gha per capita for the Gili Trawangan Island. They are influenced by total persons or demanders. The BC values indicate a critical position, both per-unitarea or per-capita, which is spatially nearly 100% of the needs supplied from outside the island, and demonstrate the use on the Gili Matra Region have exceeded the existing carrying capacity. The sustainable development aspects and land use management should be applied strictly to ensure the sustainability of natural resources, social and economic, as well as cotinuously consider the efforts and existing strategies of conservation. The export and import factors of bioproductivity should be considered in making long-term planning. Spatially, BC appraisal was applicable to illustrate the condition of an area on the small islands. The GIS based BC can give the information of pattern of changes and distributions, both spatial and temporal. However, the statistical data use is needed to get the value of BC per capita.

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Ecological Footprint as a tool for local sustainability: The municipality of Piacenza (Italy) as a case study

Cited by 66 publications

References 11 publications

Sustainability of port activities within the framework of the fisheries sector: Port of Vigo (NW Spain)

Sustainability of port activities within the framework of the fisheries sector: Port of Vigo (NW Spain)

Ecological Footprints and Lifestyle Archetypes: Exploring Dimensions of Consumption and the Transformation Needed to Achieve Urban Sustainability

Biocapacity in the Gili Matra Region: A Spatial Assessment of The Carrying Capacity of Small Islands

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