Assessing sustainable development of a historic district using an ecological footprint model: a case study of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing, China

Area ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linlin Dai ◽  
Bixia Xu ◽  
Bihu Wu
2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3212-3216
Author(s):  
Juan Juan Dai ◽  
Yao Jian Wu ◽  
Si Ting Chen ◽  
Shang Jiang

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.


2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 6587-6590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Sun ◽  
Guo Bao Song ◽  
Shu Shen Zhang

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.


2013 ◽  
Vol 295-298 ◽  
pp. 987-991
Author(s):  
Guan Nan Cui ◽  
Xuan Wang

To improve the ecological footprint model in aspect of reflecting sustainability of the economic, social and technological, the emergy analysis and socio-economic system development index were introduced into the model. The modified ecological footprint model was applied in the calculation of ecological carrying capacity and ecological footprint in Tibet, China. The ecological carrying capacity/cap is 19.13hm2, and the ecological footprint/cap is 8.96hm2. The result shows that the Tibet region is under the condition of ecological surplus and it is suitable for further programs development to some extent. But the high proportion of energy resources, cement and fertilizer utility should draw attention during the exploitation or construction progress.


2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 1918-1927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruo Bing Fan ◽  
Xiao Ming Li

Xian Sanxuejie district is a typical historic district of the city. Presently this type of traditional districts is surrounded by many modern buildings due to the rapid urban expansion. The historic districts are facing problems of poor courtyard micro-climate conditions and low living level, which has become the bottleneck of historic districts sustainable development. This paper studies thermal environment, luminous environment, solar environment and wind environment from a new perspective using Ecotect building environment analyzing software. The author explores micro-climate improving method suitable for traditional courtyard in order to promote micro-climate quality of historic district and to improve the comfort of local residences. The purpose is to achieve sustainable development of historic districts.


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