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作者

Zoltán Kovács;Gábor Harangozó;Cecília Szigeti;Krisztián Koppány;Attila Csaba Kondor;Balázs Szabó

来源

CITIES,Vol.101,Issue1,Article 102715

语言

英文

关键字

Ecological footprint;Sustainability;Local consumption;EEIO analysis;Suburbanization;Budapest metropolitan region

作者单位

University of Szeged, Department of Economic and Social Geography, H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u. 2, Hungary;Corvinus University of Budapest, H-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Hungary;Széchenyi István University, Kautz Gyula Economics Faculty, Department of International and Theoretical Economics, H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary;Széchenyi István Egyetem, Győr, Gazdaságmodellező Kutatócsoport, H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary;Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute, H-1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary;Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute H-1112, Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary;University of Szeged, Department of Economic and Social Geography, H-6722 Szeged, Egyetem u. 2, Hungary;Corvinus University of Budapest, H-1093 Budapest, Fővám tér 8, Hungary;Széchenyi István University, Kautz Gyula Economics Faculty, Department of International and Theoretical Economics, H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary;Széchenyi István Egyetem, Győr, Gazdaságmodellező Kutatócsoport, H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary;Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute, H-1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary;Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Geographical Institute H-1112, Budapest, Budaörsi út 45, Hungary

摘要

In this paper we present a complex Ecological Footprint (EF) analysis of one of the largest metropolitan regions in post-socialist East Central Europe, the Budapest Metropolitan Region. Our overall goal is to use both top-down and bottom-up approaches and measure the changes of footprint at a metropolitan scale between 2003 and 2013. Our specific objective is to explore how the spatial rearrangements of wealth, density and consumption influence the spatiotemporal changes of EF. The top-down (compound) calculations indicate growing footprint values both in Hungary and in the Budapest Metropolitan Region in the investigated period. However, household-level hybrid (component-based) calculations revealed decreasing footprint values for Hungary both in absolute and relative terms, and a growth for the metropolitan region. This finding suggests growing income disparities within the country. The indirect (consumption embedded) components of EF findings show that in the core city footprint values are higher due to higher disposable income. However, there is a gradual catching up in the suburban zone as younger and more affluent households arrive. On the other hand, direct per capita footprint values decreased in Budapest and grew in the suburbs between 2003 and 2013, mainly due to a higher heating footprint.