Empreinte écologique

the amount of land needed to replenish the resources used by something, e.g. to grow enough trees to replace those used to build a cabin

A measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water

The area of land and water needed to produce the resources to entirely sustain a human population and absorb its waste products with prevailing technology.

The ecological footprint is a measure of comparing human demand with planet earth’s ecological capacity to regenerate. It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to r [..]

Term introduced by William Rees in 1992 and elaborated upon in his book, coauthored with Mathis Wackernagel, Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, New Society Publishers, 1996. A measure of how much land and water is needed to produce the resources we consume and to dispose of the waste we produce. Related term: Carbon footp [..]

The amount of land or resources required to sustain an individual or community.

The land and water required to support the living standards of a given population.

A term to describe the total ecological impact (the amount of land, food, water, and other resources needed) to sustain a person or organization. This is usually measured in acres or hectares of productive land. It is used to determine relative consumption.

a measure of the 'load' imposed by a given population on nature. It represents the land area necessary to sustain current levels of resource consumption and waste discharge by that population.

a calculation that shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country

(Eco-footprint, Footprint)– a measure of the area of biologically productive land and water needed to produce the resources and absorb the wastes of a population using the prevailing technology and re [..]

Land (and water) area of the planet or particular area required for the support either of humankind`s current lifestyle or the consumption pattern of a particular population.  It is the inverse of the [..]

The area of land and water required to supply the resources that an individual or group demands, as well as to absorb the wastes that the individual or group produces.

A calculation of the area of biologically productive land and water required for a given population to exist at a given consumption level.

an index of the area of productive land and aquatic ecosystems required to produce the resources used and to assimilate the wastes produced by a defined population at a specified material standard of living, wherever on Earth that land may be located.

The area of ecoscape (i.e., landscape and seascape) required to supply a human population with the necessary food, materials, energy, waste disposal, and other crucial goods and services.