Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)

The quantity and quality of available information is one of the major constraints for the calculation of the ecological footprint, particularly for sub-national or sub-regional territorial levels. At the national or even regional level, the information that allows for computing the ecological footpr...

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Autores: Cano Orellana, Antonio, Delgado Cabeza, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.014
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Palabra clave:Ecological footprint
Principal Component Analysis
Territorial disparities
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spelling Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)Cano Orellana, AntonioDelgado Cabeza, ManuelEcological footprintPrincipal Component AnalysisTerritorial disparitiesThe quantity and quality of available information is one of the major constraints for the calculation of the ecological footprint, particularly for sub-national or sub-regional territorial levels. At the national or even regional level, the information that allows for computing the ecological footprint is generally available. However, when trying to calculate the footprint for lower-level territorial realities (e.g., cities or municipalities), this information is insufficient or non-existent. In this article, we propose an indirect method for calculating the ecological footprint of such territorial spaces through Principal Component Analysis. The case study utilises the ecological footprint of Andalusia (a Spanish region) as a starting point for footprint assignment to each of the 771 municipalities included in the Andalusian region. A set of variables related to the consumption levels in these municipalities has been utilised and is expressed in physical units. These variables make it possible to obtain a weighting factor to determine the ecological footprint of each municipality. This procedure also makes it possible to identify which variables or indicators have the greatest impact on the ecological footprint for a given territory. According to the results, the method also shows how inappropriate it is to consider the population as a way to distribute the ecological footprint; there are relevant differences between the weight of the population in municipalities and their generated footprint. There are also significant differences between the magnitude of economic indicators, such as GDP, and the estimated ecological footprint; for municipalities with higher income levels, the ecological impact is more than proportional to the weight of the monetary indicatorsElsevierEconomía Aplicada IISEJ217: Analisis Regional: Economia Andaluza2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11441/64472https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.014reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésEcological indicators, 57, 573-579.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.03.014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/644722026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
title Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
spellingShingle Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
Cano Orellana, Antonio
Ecological footprint
Principal Component Analysis
Territorial disparities
title_short Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
title_full Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
title_fullStr Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
title_sort Local ecological footprint using Principal Component Analysis: A case study of localities in Andalusia (Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cano Orellana, Antonio
Delgado Cabeza, Manuel
author Cano Orellana, Antonio
author_facet Cano Orellana, Antonio
Delgado Cabeza, Manuel
author_role author
author2 Delgado Cabeza, Manuel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Economía Aplicada II
SEJ217: Analisis Regional: Economia Andaluza
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecological footprint
Principal Component Analysis
Territorial disparities
topic Ecological footprint
Principal Component Analysis
Territorial disparities
description The quantity and quality of available information is one of the major constraints for the calculation of the ecological footprint, particularly for sub-national or sub-regional territorial levels. At the national or even regional level, the information that allows for computing the ecological footprint is generally available. However, when trying to calculate the footprint for lower-level territorial realities (e.g., cities or municipalities), this information is insufficient or non-existent. In this article, we propose an indirect method for calculating the ecological footprint of such territorial spaces through Principal Component Analysis. The case study utilises the ecological footprint of Andalusia (a Spanish region) as a starting point for footprint assignment to each of the 771 municipalities included in the Andalusian region. A set of variables related to the consumption levels in these municipalities has been utilised and is expressed in physical units. These variables make it possible to obtain a weighting factor to determine the ecological footprint of each municipality. This procedure also makes it possible to identify which variables or indicators have the greatest impact on the ecological footprint for a given territory. According to the results, the method also shows how inappropriate it is to consider the population as a way to distribute the ecological footprint; there are relevant differences between the weight of the population in municipalities and their generated footprint. There are also significant differences between the magnitude of economic indicators, such as GDP, and the estimated ecological footprint; for municipalities with higher income levels, the ecological impact is more than proportional to the weight of the monetary indicators
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