The Ecological Footprint as Indicator for Sustainable Development — Results of an International Case Study

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Detlef van Vuuren ◽  
Hans de Kruijif ◽  
E Smeets
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Footprint

scholarly journals A low energy community? A comparative study of Eco-Villages around the world

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilesh Bakshi ◽  
PR Vale ◽  
PB Vale
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
The World ◽  
Energy Community ◽  
Eco Village

This paper investigates what is being done to produce sustainable community developments to minimize ecological footprint. Five international case studies were compared with the Govardhan Eco Village in Maharashtra, India. The study describes each case study and then looks at how various sustainable principles have been integrated into the community. Each case study was compared to an appropriate set of sustainability indicators to see which parameters were addressed. In order to establish the fundamental sustainable design focus of each case study, whether technology or human behaviour, the analysis looked at the types of parameters governing each project. Results showed the parameters incorporated in the case studies did not obviously change with time. Further scrutiny of the parameter matrix for all case studies suggested two distinctly different trends in the 'eastern' and 'western' examples. The Indian example appears to show true sustainable development, relying less on technology and more on human capital.

Preliminary Discussion on the Modification of Ecological Footprint Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3212-3216
Author(s):  
Juan Juan Dai ◽  
Yao Jian Wu ◽  
Si Ting Chen ◽  
Shang Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Quantitative Estimate ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Footprint Model ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Assessment

Based on the survey on deficiencies of ecological footprint model applied on regional sustainable development assessment, modification of the ecological footprint model was preliminarily discussed on three aspects: concept extension, combination with other index, and introduction of quantitative estimate indices for time series calculation. This discussion provided a scientific guidance of applying ecological footprint model on regional sustainability assessment, and a theoretical basis for further case study.

scholarly journals A low energy community? A comparative study of Eco-Villages around the world

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nilesh Bakshi ◽  
PR Vale ◽  
PB Vale
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
The World ◽  
Energy Community ◽  
Eco Village

This paper investigates what is being done to produce sustainable community developments to minimize ecological footprint. Five international case studies were compared with the Govardhan Eco Village in Maharashtra, India. The study describes each case study and then looks at how various sustainable principles have been integrated into the community. Each case study was compared to an appropriate set of sustainability indicators to see which parameters were addressed. In order to establish the fundamental sustainable design focus of each case study, whether technology or human behaviour, the analysis looked at the types of parameters governing each project. Results showed the parameters incorporated in the case studies did not obviously change with time. Further scrutiny of the parameter matrix for all case studies suggested two distinctly different trends in the 'eastern' and 'western' examples. The Indian example appears to show true sustainable development, relying less on technology and more on human capital.

Study on Ecological Footprint of Campus Paper Consumption

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 6587-6590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Sun ◽  
Guo Bao Song ◽  
Shu Shen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Footprint Model ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

With the recognition of sustainable development improving gradually, low carbon campus construction has become a trend in international society. The ecological footprint model is a kind of effective method to measure the sustainable development and have some reference for low carbon campus study. Our case study is the ecological footprint of paper consumption in Dalian University of Technology, China. The results show that nearly 481.60 hm2 of ecologically productive lands were needed to support paper consumption and this means that the land consumed by the university is 2.28 times larger than its physical or built-up land. Within 2011 academic year, the reused paper flow was added up to 237.69 tons, of which library contributed the most with 164.98 tons and the remaining 72.71 tons came from secondhand books obtained from last academic year 2010, finally saved nearly 578.33 hm2 of forest land.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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