Taiwan’s Ecological Footprint (1994–2011)

Lee, Yung-Jaan; Peng, Li-Pei

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“…Lee and Peng [48] extended previous studies by analyzing Taiwan’s EF from 2008 to 2011. Lee [49] used a time-series analysis to explore the land footprint, the carbon footprint, and the water footprint from 2000 to 2011 in Taiwan.…”

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Evaluation and Analysis of Eco-Security in Environmentally Sensitive Areas Using an Emergy Ecological Footprint

Chen

2017

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In this paper, the overall ecological and environmental sustainability in the Cing-Jing region in Taiwan is examined. As land use and cover change has been found to be an important analysis method, an emergy ecological footprint model was applied and the eco-security assessed to ensure authorities maintain a balance between ecological preservation and tourism development. While the ecological environment in the Cing-Jing region from 2008 to 2014 was found to be within safe levels, all related indices had increased considerably. A Grey model was used to predict the 2015–2024 ecological carrying capacities, from which it was found that there is expected to be a large increase in per capita ecological footprints (EFs), meaning that in the future there is going to be a larger ecological deficit and a higher ecological pressure index (EFI), with the eco-security predicted to reach a Grade 2 intermediate level in 2022. As the Cing-Jing region is predicted to become ecologically unsustainable, local, regional, and national governments need to implement regulations to strictly control the land use in the Cing-Jing region. This study demonstrated that emergy EF (EEF) theory application can give objective guidance to decision-makers to ensure that recreational non-urban eco-security can be maintained at a safe level.

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Evaluation and Analysis of Eco-Security in Environmentally Sensitive Areas Using an Emergy Ecological Footprint

Chen

2017

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“…The EFA that was used in this study differs from most EFAs, which are obtained using a top-down approach, with six categories of bioproductive land-cropland, grazing land, fishing ground, forest land, land for fixing carbon and built-up land. Environmental footprints are summed, considering equivalence factors, [39,40] to calculate food, forest, carbon and other footprints. In this study, only the carbon footprint and built-up land footprint, which are two of the six components of the EF, are estimated.…”

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Ecological Footprint and Water Footprint of Taipei

Lee

2019

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Taiwan suffers from many natural disasters and is vulnerable to climate change. A continuous increase in its ecological footprint (EF) would pose numerous threats to the city. Taipei is Taiwan's most densely populated city. Whether its citizens are consuming more resources because of their high income and high degree of urbanization, thereby burdening the environment, warrants study. In contrast to most top-down EF analyses, in this study, 445 residents were surveyed to calculate their carbon, built-up land and water footprints. Gender, occupation, age, education level and personal annual income do not influence water footprint or EF. Moreover, an individual's water footprint is not correlated with his or her EF. The built-up land footprint that is obtained in this bottom-up study is similar to that in Taiwan's top-down national footprint account. However, the personal carbon footprint found herein is smaller than that in the national footprint account, because this study asked respondents only about consumption related to everyday activities. Since Taipei residents have a high income and high daily consumption, the water footprint herein is larger than the top-down water footprint. This bottom-up EF analysis reflects residents' daily consumption patterns and can be used in future urban decision-making.

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“…A number of studies conducted in Taiwan have investigated the EF model in terms of its basic concepts, theoretical hypotheses, assessment methods, deficiencies, and empirical applications [48][49][50], in addition to developing a number of EF-related theories and estimation methods. Relatedly, Lee and Peng conducted a study in 2014 [51] in which they expanded upon earlier research in order to analyze Taiwan's EF from 2008 to 2011. In a study the following year, Lee [52] expanded upon that preceding study still further by conducting a time-series analysis in order to evaluate the land footprint, carbon footprint, and water footprint in Taiwan from 2000 to 2011.…”

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Integrating Ecosystem Services and Eco-Security to Assess Sustainable Development in Liuqiu Island

2017

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Abstract:Developing sustainable island tourism must be thoroughly evaluated in consideration of ecological, economic, and social factors on account of the fragility of island ecosystems. This study evaluated the ecological footprint (EF) and ecological capacity of Liuqiu Island from 2010 to 2015 using the EF model, establishing an indicator to estimate the value of ecosystem service and eco-security. The empirical results include: (1) the overall value of ecosystem service on Liuqiu Island increased from US$3.75 million in 2010 to US$5.11 million in 2015; (2) the total per capita EF considerably increased from 0.5640 gha/person in 2010 to 4.0845 gha/person in 2015; and (3) the ecological footprint index increased from 0.30 in 2010 to 2.28 in 2015. These findings indicate that island tourism recreational zones gradually increased the pressure on its ecosystem, reduced the eco-security level, and severely damaged the environment, thereby threatening the function and structure of the entire ecosystem. The innovations and contributions of this study is integrating ecological footprint and ecosystem services valuation provide insights into sustainability of an island. The theoretical and practical implications identified in this study should contribute to reducing the gap between research and practice.

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Cited by 18 publications

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Evaluation and Analysis of Eco-Security in Environmentally Sensitive Areas Using an Emergy Ecological Footprint

Evaluation and Analysis of Eco-Security in Environmentally Sensitive Areas Using an Emergy Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint and Water Footprint of Taipei

Integrating Ecosystem Services and Eco-Security to Assess Sustainable Development in Liuqiu Island

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