EF Index to Measure the Sustainability of Urban Development (Case Study: City of Sari)
The ecological footprint is a tool that offers comprehensive comparison of demand and supply of natural resources, has stated objectives and strategies useful in preventing damage and material inequalities, and institutional decisions will lead to the correct duct. This is a descriptive study and sample of this research is Sari that related data to determine the parameters of the ecological footprint of water and energy (electricity and petrol and gas oil and natural gas) is obtained by referring to the authorities and quantitative analysis of 1393. In this study, we tried to be answered this question: Is Sari ecological environment, can meet the basic needs of the population in the provision of water and energy? The results show that the EF Sari 0.735 acres of water and energy has been, that the share electricity consumption by 0.53 largest and lowest share among other things, the use of natural gas in the 0.0053 hectares per person respectively. Since the biological capacity of Iran is 0.8 hectares, So ecological footprint is dedicated 0.735 hectares of Sari means 0.83 times greater than their share in the country's capacity to make life bearable, And with the current trend of consumption of water and energy resources needed to meet of Sari space more than 73 times its current size, and space is needed more than 0.8 of the area.
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