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ecological footprint

ecological footprint noun: a measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.

Noun

ecological footprint (plural ecological footprints)

  1. A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.
    • Cities are graphically represented as a human foot to make a straightforward connection between the ecological footprint metaphor and the impact of urban life on local and distant environments.2017, Luca Marazzi, Our Ecological Footprint, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 44

ecological footprint meaning in Vietnamese

ecological footprint in Vietnamese

measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems
dấu chân sinh thái

Forms of ecological footprint

pluralecological footprints

Origin of ecological footprint

First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis.

Questions about ecological footprint

What does ecological footprint mean?
Ecological footprint means a measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.
What is ecological footprint in Vietnamese?
Ecological footprint in Vietnamese is dấu chân sinh thái. See Ecological footprint meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is ecological footprint?
Ecological footprint is a noun.
What is the plural of ecological footprint?
The plural of ecological footprint is ecological footprints.

Words near ecological footprint in the dictionary

  1. ecoliterate
  2. ecolodge
  3. ecolodges
  4. ecologic
  5. ecological
  6. ecological footprint
  7. ecological footprints
  8. ecological grief
  9. ecological pyramid
  10. ecological pyramids
  11. ecological service

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