Study On Appraisement Of The Sustainable Land Use Based On Ecological Footprint Model--A Case Of HangZhou

With the development of the society and economy, Goverment and society pay more attention to the issue of the sustainable development. Being the carrier of all activities of the human,the sustainable land use shows so important. The measurement of sustainable development is one of the difficulties in the sustainable development research and so is the appraisement of the sustainable land use.The article presents that the ecological footprint method is a good appraisement method after comparing the current sustainable land use appraisement method.The article analyses the ecological footprint model in detail after expatiating the theory of the sustainability and sustainable land use,introduces the basic concept and calculational methods of the ecological footprint.compare and anylyse the ecological footprint of the country and the city. At last using ecological footprint model calculates and analyses the ecological footprint of the Hangzhou from 1995 to 2002. The results shows that the demand of the ecological footptint in Hangzhou increased 31.26% from 1.3491/cap to 1.7709/cap in 8 years while the supply of the ecological footprint decreaded 5.75% from 0.6530/cap to 0.6130/cap.The ecological footprint deficit increased continually but the ecological footprint per ten thousands yuan GDP decreased continually in 8years. The calculation and analysis of each land shows that plough and water area are in ecological deficit all through this 8 years while woodlandis in ecological surplus but the number reduced continually. Government and relatedbodies should pay attention to the results.