What are the Local Authority Area Ecological Footprints?
A Local Authority Area Footprint is the Ecological Footprint of the residents who live within the local authority area. Wherever the residents consume their resources this is allocated to the individuals. For example, if I live in York, drive my car to Leeds and go to buy clothes made in China, my Footprint would include the impacts of my car journey, of the textile manufacturing in China as well as of the transport of the clothes and would be completely allocated to the local area of York.