Ecological Budget UK Frequently Asked Questions
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Local Authority Frequently Asked Questions (240 KB)
What is Ecological Footprint?
- What is Ecological Footprint?
- What are the advantages of the Ecological Footprint over other indicators?
- What are the limitations of the Ecological Footprint?
- Is Ecological Footprinting sensitive enough to track trends year on year, and demonstrate changes related to specific policy decisions?
- How accurate is the Ecological Footprinting model as an indicator of the sustainability of our current practices?
- Are Governments using Ecological Footprinting?
- Is Ecological Footprinting saying "no" to progress?
Ecological Footprint jargon
- What is a global hectare?
- Why is ecological footprint based on consumption rather than production?
- What is the difference between real land and energy land?
- Isnt ecological footprint too simplistic?
- What Is Material Flow Analysis?
- What Does Mass Balance Mean?
- What is Direct Material Consumption?
- What is Total Material Consumption?
What are the Local Authority Area Ecological Footprints?
- What are the Local Authority Area Ecological Footprints?
- Where and how can I access the Local Authority Area Footprint results?
- How often will these Footprints be updated and by whom?
- Will updates be free?
- What official bodies have endorsed these results?
Why is Ecological Footprinting relevant to Local Authorities?
- Why is Ecological Footprinting relevant to Local Authorities?
- How can Local Authorities use the Ecological Footprint?
- How can Ecological Footprinting contribute to Performance Management and relate to government indicator sets?
- How can Ecological Footprinting contribute to Procurement / Best Value?
- How can Ecological Footprinting contribute to Strategic Environmental Assessment and Planning?
- How does Ecological Footprinting contribute to Community Planning?
- How do I link Ecological Footprinting to my current Sustainable Development Plan/Environmental Strategy?
- How can the Ecological Footprint be used to engage the public and politicians?
- Does the Ecological Footprint only apply to policy areas or can it apply to projects?
- What local data does the Local Authority need to provide?
How are the Local Authority Area Footprints calculated?
- How are the Local Authority Area Footprints calculated?
- What are the data sources?
- Is the data local or is it simply a proxy of national data?
- How do these results fit with other Ecological Footprint studies?
- Will the methodology be refined further and how will these changes be communicated to us?
- Is there an internationally recognised standard and do these results comply with this?