| 单词 | ecological footprint |
| 释义 | > as lemmasecological footprint ecological footprint n. (a measure of) the impact of a person, community, or organization on the environment in terms of resource use, esp. expressed as the area of land in hectares required to sustain a prevailing pattern of production and consumption; cf. footprint n. 8. ΚΠ 1992 Environment & Urbanization 4 121 The total area of land required to sustain an urban region (its ‘ecological footprint’) is typically at least an order of magnitude greater than that contained within municipal boundaries. 1996 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman 25 Apr. b10 Humanity must learn to leave a smaller ecological footprint,..or the 21st century will be filled with unpleasant environmental surprises. 2006 New Scientist 17 June 37/2 Scientists calculate that a sustainable ecological footprint that shares all the world's resources equally among its inhabitants would be 1.8 hectares per person... The eco-footprint of a typical American is 9.7. < as lemmas |
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