Hong Kong: small island, big resource demands
Hong Kong: small island, big resource demands - London, January 12, 2009
At 4.4 global hectares per person, Hong Kong residents have an Ecological Footprint twice that typical for China as a whole. Hong Kong also has one of the greatest ecological deficits in the world, according to Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report: Living Beyond Our Means. The report details Hong Kong’s resource use and its role in the overall ecological picture of China – a country that now ties with the US as the largest user of the world’s biocapacity.
- People & the Planet