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      • Since the turn of the 21st century, the term “ footprint ” has become very popular and entered in our daily vocabulary as a metaphor for impact, usually referring to the impact of humans on the Earth ecosystem.
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  2. The ecological footprint (EF) estimates the biologically productive land and sea area needed to provide the renewable resources that a population consumes and to absorb the wastes it generates—using prevailing technology and resource-management practices—rather than trying to determine how many people a given land area or the entire planet can s...

  3. Feb 20, 2021 · This paper sets to critically overview the various methodological approaches to the most eminent footprinting methodologies, and to conceptually analyze the, often opposing, views on what footprint indicators are or should be; thus providing a key to current footprint research literature and debates.

    • Jan Matuštík, Vladimír Kočí, Vladimír Kočí
    • 2021
  4. 4 days ago · Carbon footprint, amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with all the activities of a person or other entity. It includes direct emissions, such as those that result from fossil fuel combustion, as well as emissions required to produce the electricity associated with goods and services consumed.

    • Noelle Eckley Selin
  5. Definition. An ecological footprint measures the environmental impact of individuals, communities, or nations in terms of the amount of biologically productive land and water area required to produce the resources they consume and absorb the waste they generate.

  6. The ecological footprint measures the environmental impact of individuals, communities, or countries by calculating the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to produce the resources they consume and absorb the waste they generate.

  7. Definition. Ecological footprints refer to the impact of human activities on the environment, specifically in terms of resource consumption and waste production. It measures the amount of land and resources required to sustain a particular lifestyle or population.

  8. Nov 30, 2015 · Introduction. Since the turn of the 21st century, the term “ footprint ” has become very popular and entered in our daily vocabulary as a metaphor for impact, usually referring to the impact of humans on the Earth ecosystem. Such metaphoric meaning of the term footprint dates back to the early 1990s and has its origins in the introduction ...