introduction methods discussion references results
IS ONE PLANET ENOUGH?
RESULTS
METHODS
World Development Index of the Students in LUMES batch 21
Data Collection
World Development Index
Data Analysis
0.92 - 1.00
René Inderbitzin
0.84 - 0.92
Selja Snorradottir
0.76 - 0.84 0.68 - 0.76 0.6 - 0.68
INTRODUCTION World population is rising; energy and material consumption is increasing and so are environmental problems. These environmen-
Visualisation of Results
not included
Figure 1: The world map shows the world development index of the LUMES countries. The lighter colored countries represent the less developed countries while the darker colors are those with a higher development index. The map shows us that the countries of the Western World (North American and Western European countries) and Australia all have a high development index.
tal problems we are faced with, are generated by social and behathis poster examines the relationship between the ecological footprint* and the human development index** of the 24 countries represented by LUMES batch 21 students. This problem directly relates to one of the planetary boundaries defined by Rockström et al. (2009), land-system change.
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Research Question: Is the ecological footprint of the selected countries correlated to their level of development?
* Ecological Footprint: A measurement of the material and energy consumption in and out of a country’s economy, showing the required land and water needed to support this rate of consumption (Wackernagel & Rees, 1998). ** Human Development Index: A measurement of a country’s development based on three dimensions: Life expectancy, knowledge (measured by the education index), and the standard of living (gross national income index) (Human Development Reports, 2017).
Planets per capita
Ecological Footprint per capita (gha) India Indonesia Colombia Peru Mexico Iran Brazil Hungary China Spain Italy Ireland Switzerland Germany Netherlands Norway Denmark Sweden Iceland Finland Belgium United States Australia Canada
Relationship between Ecological Footprint and Human Development Index 0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
6
Medium HDI
High HDI
Verry high HDI Canada United States
5
Ecological Footprint (Planets per capita)
vioural problems (Wackernagel & Rees, 1998). With this in mind,
4
y = 11.63x - 6.91 R² = 0.71
3
China Brazil Peru
Iran
ecological footprint and the human development index. And as footprint will keep rising if we do not come up with a more sustainable way of living.
3
2
Hungary
Mexico
Colombia Indonesia
1
5
Ireland
The data analysis shows a positive high correlation between the the countries of the world are all developing, the total ecological
Australia
Belgium 4 Finland Sweden Iceland Denmark Netherlands Norway Germany Switzerland Italy Spain
2
1.0 6
DISCUSSION
1
India
0
0.5
0
2
4
6
8
10
Figure 2: The figure shows the ecological footprint per capita both in global hectares and planets. The planets represent the number of planets needed if all countries were to live the lifestyle of the relevant country. For example, if everyone would live like Canada, we would need 5.1 planets to support our lifestyle choices.
0.6
0.7 0.8 Human Development Index
0.9
0 1.0
Figure 3: The relationship between the ecological footprint and the human development index (HDI) shows that most countries of LUMES students are in the high or very high section of HDI according to the predefined standards (Global Footprint Network, 2013). The trendline also shows a linear relationship between the two variables with 71.2% of the variation in ecological footprint explaining the human development index. According to Burns and Burns (2008) a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.84 shows a high correlation between the variables. Therefor there is a substantial relationchip between the Ecological Footprint and the Human Development Index.
REFERENCES Global Footprint Network. (2013). Human development and the Ecological Footprint. [online] Available at: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/2013/04/03/human-de velopment-ecological-footprint/ [Accessed 18 Sep. 2017]. Human Development Reports. (2017). Human Development Index (HDI). [online] Availa ble at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi [Accessed 18. Sep. 2017]. Rockström, Johan, et al. „Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity.“ Ecology and society 14.2 (2009). Wackernagel, M., & Rees, W. (1998). Our ecological footprint: reducing human impact on the earth (No. 9). New Society Publishers. Burns, R. P., & Burns, R. (2008). Business research methods and statistics using SPSS. Sage.
RESULTS
METHODS
World Development Index of the Students in LUMES batch 21
Data Collection
World Development Index
Data Analysis
0.92 - 1.00
René Inderbitzin
0.84 - 0.92
Selja Snorradottir
0.76 - 0.84 0.68 - 0.76 0.6 - 0.68
INTRODUCTION World population is rising; energy and material consumption is increasing and so are environmental problems. These environmen-
Visualisation of Results
not included
Figure 1: The world map shows the world development index of the LUMES countries. The lighter colored countries represent the less developed countries while the darker colors are those with a higher development index. The map shows us that the countries of the Western World (North American and Western European countries) and Australia all have a high development index.
tal problems we are faced with, are generated by social and behathis poster examines the relationship between the ecological footprint* and the human development index** of the 24 countries represented by LUMES batch 21 students. This problem directly relates to one of the planetary boundaries defined by Rockström et al. (2009), land-system change.
?
Research Question: Is the ecological footprint of the selected countries correlated to their level of development?
* Ecological Footprint: A measurement of the material and energy consumption in and out of a country’s economy, showing the required land and water needed to support this rate of consumption (Wackernagel & Rees, 1998). ** Human Development Index: A measurement of a country’s development based on three dimensions: Life expectancy, knowledge (measured by the education index), and the standard of living (gross national income index) (Human Development Reports, 2017).
Planets per capita
Ecological Footprint per capita (gha) India Indonesia Colombia Peru Mexico Iran Brazil Hungary China Spain Italy Ireland Switzerland Germany Netherlands Norway Denmark Sweden Iceland Finland Belgium United States Australia Canada
Relationship between Ecological Footprint and Human Development Index 0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
6
Medium HDI
High HDI
Verry high HDI Canada United States
5
Ecological Footprint (Planets per capita)
vioural problems (Wackernagel & Rees, 1998). With this in mind,
4
y = 11.63x - 6.91 R² = 0.71
3
China Brazil Peru
Iran
ecological footprint and the human development index. And as footprint will keep rising if we do not come up with a more sustainable way of living.
3
2
Hungary
Mexico
Colombia Indonesia
1
5
Ireland
The data analysis shows a positive high correlation between the the countries of the world are all developing, the total ecological
Australia
Belgium 4 Finland Sweden Iceland Denmark Netherlands Norway Germany Switzerland Italy Spain
2
1.0 6
DISCUSSION
1
India
0
0.5
0
2
4
6
8
10
Figure 2: The figure shows the ecological footprint per capita both in global hectares and planets. The planets represent the number of planets needed if all countries were to live the lifestyle of the relevant country. For example, if everyone would live like Canada, we would need 5.1 planets to support our lifestyle choices.
0.6
0.7 0.8 Human Development Index
0.9
0 1.0
Figure 3: The relationship between the ecological footprint and the human development index (HDI) shows that most countries of LUMES students are in the high or very high section of HDI according to the predefined standards (Global Footprint Network, 2013). The trendline also shows a linear relationship between the two variables with 71.2% of the variation in ecological footprint explaining the human development index. According to Burns and Burns (2008) a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.84 shows a high correlation between the variables. Therefor there is a substantial relationchip between the Ecological Footprint and the Human Development Index.
REFERENCES Global Footprint Network. (2013). Human development and the Ecological Footprint. [online] Available at: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/2013/04/03/human-de velopment-ecological-footprint/ [Accessed 18 Sep. 2017]. Human Development Reports. (2017). Human Development Index (HDI). [online] Availa ble at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index-hdi [Accessed 18. Sep. 2017]. Rockström, Johan, et al. „Planetary boundaries: exploring the safe operating space for humanity.“ Ecology and society 14.2 (2009). Wackernagel, M., & Rees, W. (1998). Our ecological footprint: reducing human impact on the earth (No. 9). New Society Publishers. Burns, R. P., & Burns, R. (2008). Business research methods and statistics using SPSS. Sage.
