Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ecological footprint

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: eco-log-i-cal -foot-print
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.

Example Sentences

"Cities are graphically represented as a human foot to make a straightforward connection between the ecological footprint metaphor and the impact of urban life on local and distant environments."

Etymology

First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis.

Inflected Forms

ecological footprints (plural)

Phrases

carrying capacity

Frequently Paired Words

carrying capacity carbon footprint

Questions

What does ecological footprint mean?: A measure of how much biologically productive land and water area an individual, population or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates using prevailing technology and resource management practices.
Where does ecological footprint come from?: First used by William E. Rees in 1992 and further refined by Mathis Wackernagel in his PhD thesis.

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