خلاصة:
The ecological footprint as an indicator estimates the effect of population and industrial products process on ecosystem by evaluating and calculating the used energy and materials in a city, region or country. Dehgolan County is located in Kurdistan province between Hamadan and Sanandaj cities. Dehgolan is one of the important and effective counties of Kurdistan in agriculture. However, with the population growth in the county and especially in Dehgolan town, productive and fertile lands have been invaded incrementally due to constructions in recent years. This is the main cause of severe reduction in the biological resources of the county. The main goal in this research is to evaluate and assess the rate of ecological footprint indicator of different land uses in Dehgolan County and its change during 2005 -2011, and moreover try to find different of ecological footprint and biological capacity in this county. A criteria-based method is used to calculate the footprint of land uses in this paper. Based on Ress and Wakeregnal perspectives, major land uses include forest, pasture, cropland, fisheries and built- up land. Results show that the most increase in rate of ecological footprint belongs to pasture (270%) and forest (94.7%) in 2005 -2011. Also the most decrease in biological capacity related to cropland (-9.6%). Difference between footprint and biological capacity has constantly increased and reached its maximum universal level (1.133 hectares) in 2011
ملخص الجهاز:
Received 15 May 2013; Revised 2 August 2013; Accepted 16 August 2013 The ecological footprint as an indicator estimates the effect of population and industrial products process on ecosystem by evaluating and calculating the used energy and materials in a city, region or country.
The main goal in this research is to evaluate and assess the rate of ecological footprint indicator of different land uses in Dehgolan County and its change during 2005 -2011, and moreover try to find different of ecological footprint and biological capacity in this county.
Ecological Footprint, Biological Capacity, Land use, Dehgolan County <H2>INTRODUCTION</H2> The publication of the Brundtland Commission’s report entitled ‘Our Common Future’ in 1987 provided the most commonly used definition of sustainable development, as development which ‘meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (WCED, 1987, p.
In recent years, many researchers have used prediction indicators, such as sustainable socio-ecological indicator (Christian, 1996), index of sustainable economic welfare (ISEW), genuine progress indicator (GPI) (Anielski &amp; Rowe, 1999) and genuine savings rates (Dhareshwar et al.
In the recent years the ecological footprint has experienced a great development and extensive application due to its scientific theory and simple indicator in the world (Muñiz &amp; Galindo, 2005; Haberl et al.
This paper attempts to calculate the ecological footprint and the biological capacity of land use in Dehgolan Town, Iran from 2005 to 2011.