在对生态足迹的方法、优点和研究前沿进行简要介绍后,指出当前生态足迹方法中存在大多数研究者所忽视的问题:采用均衡因子的缺陷、产量因子的空间与时间上的变化、政策指导作用失效、能源情景假设不科学、忽略社会因素影响、贸易调整有限性作为可持续性评价指标的不合理性等七个突出问题,指出生态足迹方法存在的问题,提出相应的建议与对策.
This paper examined the method systemically after a short introduction of the ecological footprint method. And there mainly were several problems mentioned in the text which ecological footprint method were facing : The flaw of using the yield factor and equivalence factor, the confusion of sustainable land utilization pattern, the unscientific hypothesis scenario of energy, the neglect of effect of social factors, the overestimate of trade and the inaccuracy of the ecological footprint as a index of sustainable development. Finally, according to the problem mentioned in the paper, this paper presented several countermeasure.