Ecological footprints can be measured at any scale, from the individual to the entire Earth. Footprints can also be measured in total, or be categorized based on resource or emission, such as water, energy, or carbon. In this module we focus on the urban level because most of humanity now resides in cities. At this point, let's just get a feel for how different urban areas can be in their resource use. A standard approach definitely will not work to solving all urban sustainability problems. Using this website (https://www.citycarbonfootprints.info/) answer the questions below. Note that this website may take time to load and can be cranky with some browsers. Moving your cursor around the page sometimes helps if the text is distorted. Pan down the page for the table of data. You can put the nations in ascending or descending order by clicking on the arrows at the top of each column. Use that option rather than the rankings column to determine the best and worst nations: 4. Notice where Dhaka, Bangladesh scores. This is one of the largest cities in the world. Speculate in 50-100 words why their carbon emissions are among the very lowest. Here is a photo prompt of Dhaka to help.
Ecological footprints can be measured at any scale, from the individual to the entire Earth. Footprints can also be measured in total, or be categorized based on resource or emission, such as water, energy, or carbon. In this module we focus on the urban level because most of humanity now resides in cities.
At this point, let's just get a feel for how different urban areas can be in their resource use. A standard approach definitely will not work to solving all urban sustainability problems.
Using this website (https://www.citycarbonfootprints.info/) answer the questions below. Note that this website may take time to load and can be cranky with some browsers. Moving your cursor around the page sometimes helps if the text is distorted.
Pan down the page for the table of data. You can put the nations in ascending or descending order by clicking on the arrows at the top of each column. Use that option rather than the rankings column to determine the best and worst nations:
4. Notice where Dhaka, Bangladesh scores. This is one of the largest cities in the world. Speculate in 50-100 words why their carbon emissions are among the very lowest. Here is a photo prompt of Dhaka to help.
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