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Resources to support Chapter 8
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Sharing Nature's Interest Nicky Chambers * Craig Simmons * Mathis Wackernagel |
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Chapter 8:Links & Resources Island State: An
ecological footprint analysis of the Isle of Wight Oxfordshire Study Den Haag footprint
materials City Limits study of
London Want to Footprint your
city or region? mail the authors with your own suggested useful links for Chapter 8 |
Chapter 8 Summary What is the size of the ‘backyard’ needed to support a community, city or larger region? The answer to this question can be helpful in a number of ways; to assist in planning decisions, as part of sustainable communities programmes, or to inform land use decisions. The ecological impact of densely populated cities inevitably spreads well beyond their administrative boundaries. Hence some argue that the term ‘sustainable city’ is an oxymoron. This is not necessarily the pattern everywhere. Until recently the planned agriculture of China required that cities were surrounded by belts of agricultural land where food was produced for them. Such connection to the land is beginning to return in a very modest fashion through the rise in popularity of community farms and markets to serve urban districts. How far, and how much, the tentacles of large or small conurbations reach beyond a region can be revealed with a footprint analysis. In this chapter case studies of regional footprint analyses are presented. These include London, Oxfordshire, Sanitago de Chile and Guernsey. Since writing Sharing Nature's Interest, Craig Simmons and Nicky Chambers have contributed to a footprint analysis of the Isle of Wight and a full resource flow and ecological footprint analysis of London (see links on the left). |