Geography A-Level
Ecological Footprint
What Ecological Footprint means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Ecological Footprint
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
A measure of the impact of human activities, expressed as the area of productive land and water required to produce the goods consumed and assimilate the wastes generated.
A measure of the human demand on the Earth's ecosystems, comparing human demand with Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate.
Topics that use Ecological Footprint
- Globalisation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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Using Ecological Footprint in the exam
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