Linking individuals' ecological footprint to their subjective well-being

Verhofstadt, Elsy; Ootegem, Luc Van; Defloor, Bart; Bleys, Brent

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.03.021

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“…However, the mixed use of land as cropland and pasture land may result in double counting in the calculation, which caused a low systematic error [29]. Verhofstadt et al (2016) expanded research content and scope, they investigated the relation between the EF and the subjective well-being at the individual level, using a questionnaire carried out in Flanders (Belgium) [30]. Since the mid-1970s, China has begun to experience ecological deficits, the scale of which has been expanding [31].…”

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Impacts of Urbanization of Mountainous Areas on Resources and Environment: Based on Ecological Footprint Model

Ding

Peng

2018

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Abstract:The rapid urbanization has exerted tremendous pressure on natural systems in mountains. As a measure of sustainable use of natural resources, ecological footprint is an important basis for judging whether the development of a country or region is within the bio-capacity. Taking Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture as an example, this study comprehensively analyzes the impact of human activities on mountain resources and environment from the three aspects of urbanization, land use and ecological carrying capacity. The results show that Dali Prefecture with the urbanization rate of 33% is still in the accelerated stage of urbanization. The urban space presents the core-periphery feature, and the central city is the focus of human existence and living activities. The per capita ecological footprint is 1.14 ha higher than the ecological carrying capacity, meaning Dali Prefecture has an ecological deficit. This indicates that there is an uncoordinated state between urbanization and environment. Arable land is the main source of per capita ecological footprint in the prefecture. However, the urban expansion overly occupies the arable land in the plain sub-region, leading the arable land to an ecological deficit state. In the future, the development of the mountainous area should focus on the protection of arable land and choose a new sustainable path.

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Impacts of Urbanization of Mountainous Areas on Resources and Environment: Based on Ecological Footprint Model

Ding

Peng

2018

Sustainability

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“…The EF was developed by William Rees in 1992, and perfected by Wackernagel in 1996, to measure the human use of natural resources and the functions of natural support service for human. It measures the sustainability of a region by estimating the amount of mutually exclusively bioproductive area required to sustain human natural resource consumption and assimilate humangenerated waste, and comparing it with the biocapacity of this region [7][8][9][10]. Yunnan Province plays an important role in maintaining global biodiversity and provides a natural defense for southwestern China [23].…”

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Revising Yield and Equivalence Factors of Ecological Footprints Based on Land-Use Conversion

Zhang

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In the current ecological footprint (EF) calculations, the parameters of built-up land are set as equal to those of cropland, based on the assumption that built-up land is totally converted from cropland. However, built-up land may be derived from other types of land use. With the expansion of built-up area as a result of urbanization, the yield and equivalence factors of built-up land are becoming increasingly important in the EF calculation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of this assumption on EF calculation. In this study, the proportions of different land types converted into built-up land were evaluated based on actual land-use conversion in two urbanized areas of Yunnan Province and Kunming City from 1980 to 2010 in the ArcGIS platform. Then, the parameters of built-up land were calculated by an area-weighting approach with the proportions. The results showed the following: (1) In both cases, the EF of Yunnan Province and Kunming City were greater than their biocapacities (BC), indicating that they were in unsustainable states. (2) The EF and BC of the two studied cases were reduced to varying degrees because the yield and equivalence factors of built-up land from land-use conversion are less than cropland factors. As the proportion of the built-up land area in Kunming City was larger than that in Yunnan Province, the reduced proportion of the EF and BC of Kunming City is greater than that of Yunnan Province. (3) The proportion of built-up land converted from cropland has a significantly positive correlation with EF and BC. Therefore, it is of great significance to revise the yield and equivalence factors of built-up land using actual land-use conversions in highly urbanized areas.

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“…On the contrary, there is research evidence of higher SWB levels among people who choose to pursue intrinsic (spiritual) rather than extrinsic (materialistic) goals [6,7]. Thus, sustainability and Subjective Well-Being (hereafter SWB) are not only inseparable [8,9], but higher levels of eudemonic types of well-being, where emphasis is on intrinsic motivations and a harmonious relationship with others [10], seem to produce higher levels of sustainability.…”

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Sustainability and Subjective Well-Being: How Students Weigh Dimensions

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Sustainability and Subjective Well-Being (SWB) are strongly interrelated domains. The way students view them and prioritize their dimensions should be factored into curricular developments in education for sustainability. Instruments developed to examine sustainability and SWB preferences typically use rating scale items to measure dimensions as separate entities. In contrast, the question format used in this study forces the students to rate variables in relation to each other. The sum of both SWB and sustainability variables was fixed, which means that increasing the weight of a priority automatically meant a decrease in the weight that could be allocated for the remaining elements. Two-block Partial Least Squares (PLS) modelling was used to examine how pre-defined SWB and sustainability dimensions behave when handled within the same model. It was found that those who ordered the three sustainability dimensions as Environment > Society > Economy tended to rank SWB dimensions as (Relations with others, Inner peace) > (Health, Close to nature) > (Good job, Leisure). Our research proved that the use of question formats resembling real-life resource allocation dilemmas and the treatment of SWB and sustainability as one system can yield invaluable information for the educational process.

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Linking individuals' ecological footprint to their subjective well-being

Cited by 78 publications

References 28 publications

Impacts of Urbanization of Mountainous Areas on Resources and Environment: Based on Ecological Footprint Model

Impacts of Urbanization of Mountainous Areas on Resources and Environment: Based on Ecological Footprint Model

Revising Yield and Equivalence Factors of Ecological Footprints Based on Land-Use Conversion

Sustainability and Subjective Well-Being: How Students Weigh Dimensions

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