scholarly journals Ecological footprint for environmental sustainability in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Fadeyibi ◽  
Henry O Sawyerr ◽  
Gabriel Salako
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Food Energy ◽  
Ecological Stress ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Productive Land ◽  
Systematic Random Sample

Abstract Ecological footprint (EF) is an indicator that accounts for human demand in the environment compared with the sizes of the bio-productive land and sea areas. This research was carried out to determine the EF for environmental sustainability in Ilorin Metropolis. Empirical surveying, which involved systematic random sample technique, was used to select residential households in each community for this investigation. The EF indicators, which include food, energy and waste consumptions, were determined empirically. The bio-capacity (BC), ecological stress and deficit were determined, from the land used as environmental sustainable areas in Ilorin, using Google Earth Mapping. The results revealed that energy has the highest EF of 44%, followed by waste and food with the footprint of 25% and 5%, respectively. A deficit of 38% was obtained, and this requires eight times the BC to balance the EF of the population. This implies that people are consuming more of the energy and generating more wastes than they consumed food.

Research on Sustainable Development of Ecology Based on Ecological Footprint Theory - Case Study of Liaocheng City in ShanDong Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 4119-4122
Author(s):  
Hui Yu ◽  
Ying Bo Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Ecological Carrying Capacity ◽  
Productive Land ◽  
Statistical Yearbook ◽  
The City ◽  
Consumption Demand

Ecological footprint theory is used to evaluate the eco-environmental conditions by calculating the area of regional productive land. The research would estimate the environmental sustainability of the lifestyle of residents in Liaocheng city using the ecological footprint as the indicator of consumption. At first, the related conceptions of ecological footprint will be introduced, then analysis the disparity between consumption demand and available supply on the basis on data from statistical yearbook of Shandong Province in 2011. The result shows that the ecological footprint exceeds 27.9 times of ecological carrying capacity which indicate that the city was in unsustainable situation in 2011.

Human Development, Environmental Sustainability, and Index of Overall Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-122
Author(s):  
Ramprasad Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
The Other ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Development Indicator ◽  
Productive Land

Chapter 4 introduces the concept and measurement of multidimensional poverty and that of human development indicators as its obverse in terms of attainment of human capability. On the other hand, on the environmental sustainability front, the chapter discusses the measures of ecological footprint and its obverse the environmental performance index as possible alternative indicators. It has reviewed the concept of ecological footprint along with carbon footprint which are measures of stress caused by human demands on the services of ecosystems in terms of appropriation of productive land area. The environmental performance indicator on the other hand indicates the extent of performance of environmental conservation and protection as driven by human policy initiatives. Finally, the chapter provides an overall development indicator based on the indicators of three components of sustainability—economic, social, and environmental—as their geometric mean, along with the comparative estimates of per capita income.

scholarly journals Does economic complexity matter for environmental sustainability? Using ecological footprint as an indicator

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zahid Rafique ◽  
Abdul Majeed Nadeem ◽  
Wanjun Xia ◽  
Majid Ikram ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Economic Complexity

PREFERENSI PENGUNJUNG TERHADAP PELAYANAN DI GRHATAMA PUSTAKA YOGYAKARTA

Pringgitan ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 87-97
Author(s):  
Sabda Elisa Priyanto ◽  
Eko Sugiarto
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Key Word ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Visitor Preferences

The purpose of this paper is to describe the preferences of visitors to the service quality at Grhtama Pustaka Yogyakarta. The library has a function as a place of recreation that should be able to provide good services to visitors. The services provided must be based on visitor preferences when visiting and getting services. Visitor preferences for service quality that is tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. Grhtama Pustaka as the largest library in Yogyakarta must be able to provide good services, as a form of support to become a place of recreation in Yogyakarta.  The method in this research is a descriptive study, with a population of visitors to Grhatama Pustaka, selected by the probability sampling method with a simple random sample technique, by interviewing 118 visitors. The results of this study found that tourist preferences for services in Grhatama Pustaka in the tangible part are strong preferences for visitors to visit, while the reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy factors in library services are good preferences for visitors who need library services. Furthermore, hospitality services are needed if the manager wants to make visitors make Grhatama Pustaka a choice of the recreation area. Key Word: Preference, Visitor, Service Quality, Library

scholarly journals A TOOL CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5(SE)) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
T.Indumathi ◽  
N. Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Nutrition Knowledge ◽  
Simple Random Sample ◽  
School Students ◽  
Final Study ◽  
Sample Technique ◽  
Knowledge Scale

In the present study, Nutrition knowledge scale has been constructed and standardized of the High School Students. This scale consists of 54 statements. The simple random sample technique was used for this study. The sample consists of 50 High School Students are randomly selected from the Kancheepuram Districts. The ‘t’ value was sued to standardize the tool and finally 29 statements were retained for the final study.

Modeling the Ecological Footprint of Nations via Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning Models

2011 ◽  
pp. 18-37
Author(s):  
Mohamed M. Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Gene Expression Programming ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Mcmc Methods ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Complete Representation ◽  
And Performance

The per capita Ecological Footprint (EF) is one of the most-widely recognized measures of environmental sustainability. It seeks to quantify the Earth’s biological capacity required to support human activity. This study uses gene expression programming and Self-organizing Maps (SOM) to predict, classify and cluster the EF of 140 nations. A Bayesian approach was used to formally test the research hypotheses. By formulating the linear regression in a probabilistic framework, a Bayesian linear regression model is derived, and a specific simulation method, i.e., Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), is utilized to estimate the model parameters. Bayesian MCMC methods allow a richer and more complete representation of complex EF data. It also provides a computationally attractive and straightforward method to develop a full and complete description of the inherent uncertainty in parameters, quantiles and performance metrics.

Measuring Dynamics of Ecological Footprint as an Index of Environmental Sustainability at the Regional Level using Geospatial Information Technology

2017 ◽  
pp. 265-284
Author(s):  
Laxmikant Sharma ◽  
Suman Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Land Use Land Cover ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Spatial Measurement ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Ecological Footprint (EF) analysis is the spatial measurement of ecological load exerted by the humans on the earth that arises from the concept of sustainability and sustainable use of Earth's resources. A region-based EF study is conducted for Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (India) campus to improve its sustainability. Highlight of the study is the explicitness of the methodology for determining the EF that incorporates analysis derived from conversion factors mentioned in the Ecological Footprint consultancy publications along with inputs from GIS domain. Questionnaire-based survey from the respondents regarding resource utilization and geospatial enumeration of land use land cover that harbors the population and their resources are the two integral parts of the analysis. Total EF of the institution campus is calculated to be 0.645 gha/ individual. This analysis provides a strong framework for combining efforts in a manner that can communicate the immediate priorities for improving the sustainability strategy of the campus area.

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