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生态足迹方法是一种度量可持续发展程度的指标，通过估算维持人类的自然资源消费和同化人类产生的废弃物所需要的生物生产性面积即生态足迹的大小，并与给定区域的生态承载力进行生态盈亏平衡分析，来衡量研究区域的可持续发展状况。生态足迹方法从人类需求占用角度为评估区域可持续发展状态提供了较好的测量方法。当一个地区的生态承载力小于生态足迹时，出现生态赤字，生态赤字表明该地区生态安全受到胁迫；当生态承载力大于生态足迹时，则产生生态盈余，此时认为该地区生态系统是安全的，人类的发展处于可持续状态。可见生态盈亏平衡分析可以为地区可持续发展提供生态预警作用。
생태족적방법시일충도량가지속발전정도적지표，통과고산유지인류적자연자원소비화동화인류산생적폐기물소수요적생물생산성면적즉생태족적적대소，병여급정구역적생태승재력진행생태영우평형분석，래형량연구구역적가지속발전상황。생태족적방법종인류수구점용각도위평고구역가지속발전상태제공료교호적측량방법。당일개지구적생태승재력소우생태족적시，출현생태적자，생태적자표명해지구생태안전수도협박；당생태승재력대우생태족적시，칙산생생태영여，차시인위해지구생태계통시안전적，인류적발전처우가지속상태。가견생태영우평형분석가이위지구가지속발전제공생태예경작용。
The ecological footprint method is an index of measuring the degree of sustainable development. It measures the sustainable development situation of the research areas through estimating the size of biological production area or the ecological footprint needed to maintain the natural resource consumption of human beings and assimilate the wastes produced by people and offeting an analysis of ecological balance of profits and losses in comparison with the ecological carrying capacity of the designated area. The ecological footprint method has offered a comparatively good method of measurement to evaluate the regional sustainable development situation from the perspective of human demand and occupation. When the ecological carrying capacity of one area is smaller than the ecological footprint, there will appear ecological deficit and the ecological deficit just indicates that the ecological safety of this area is in danger; when the ecological carrying capacity is larger than the ecological footprint, there will be ecological surplus. At this moment, the ecological system of this area is safe and the human development is in the state of sustainable development. Thus it is evident that the analysis of the ecological balance of profits and losses can function as the ecological early - warning for the regional sustainable development.