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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;ecological footprint&#039;&#039;&#039; is a well-established way of unifying critique of &#039;&#039;&#039;overconsumption&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;overpopulation&#039;&#039;&#039;. Individually one&#039;s personal &#039;&#039;&#039;footprint&#039;&#039;&#039; is &quot;the &#039;&#039;&#039;number of Earths&#039;&#039;&#039; required to support everyone living just like you&quot;. Civically it is the size of the land base that is required to support any one city. Fans of [[turn-based strategy game]]s are usually quite familiar with the way that a city takes up space on the land, and city management to minimize this footprint often matters.<br /> <br /> The [[philosophy]] of ecological footprints however has a [[God&#039;s Eye View]] problem: the assessment of the individual footprint is from a very abstract position that allows one to compare lifestyles across [[ecoregion]]s. It is literally [[w:Immanuel Kant|Kant]]&#039;s [[w:Categorical Imperative|categorical imperative]], to do nothing oneself that if done by everyone would be immoral.<br /> <br /> For this reason, the civic definition that defines a city footprint on the land just surrounding it, may be preferable, as it does not assume any planet-wide view, but is more situated report of how THESE surroundings support THIS city.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;See [[w:ecological footprint]] for the [[Sysop Vandal point of view]].&#039;&#039;</div>

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