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Ecological footprint forecasting and estimating using neural networks and DEA

  • Dexiang Wu*
  • , Liang Liang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Science and Technology of China

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Abstract

There is a growing consensus that social and economic sustainability depends on limited natural capital. Ecological Footprint (EF) provides an alternative tool to account for natural capital. This study presents two models to research Wuhan's natural capital: first using Genetic Algorithm Neural Networks (GANN) model to forecast the EF; second, employing the DEA model to estimate the ecosystem effectiveness across different years. Case study is conducted for a big Chinese city where favourable computation is yielded.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)249-258
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Global Environmental Issues
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2009
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • DEA
  • Data envelopment analysis
  • EF
  • Ecological footprint
  • Evaluation
  • Neural networks

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