中文摘要：

通过计算中部6省1990～2009年的生态足迹，对中部地区生态经济现状与可持续发展潜力进行了系统的分析与比较。通过计算中部生态承载力，以分析各省生态赤字情况及可持续发展潜力。研究表明：中部各省生态足迹总量正快速增长，个别省份如山西省、河南省不仅生态足迹总量大且增长率也较高；同时山西省人均生态足迹远远高出平均水平；从生态需求结构看，山西省能源生态足迹占总比最大，占总生态足迹的85％，河南省其次，均迫切需要进行产业转型与技术改进。各省的生态赤字情况不同，其中河南省和山西省的生态赤字情况比较严重。

英文摘要：

The ecological footprint is an ecological economic research method to measure the condition of regional sustainable development quantificationally, and it turns the comparison of ecologic demand and supply into computable land demand and supply that human need to develop their society.By calculating the ecological footprint of the central six provinces from 1990 to 2009, we made a systemic analysis and comparison of the ecological and economic situation,and studied the sustainable development potential of the central region. At the same time we calculated the ecological carrying capacity so as to analyze the ecological deficit condition and the potential of sustainable development of this area.The study showed that the total ecological footprint of the central provinces was growing rapidly.Some individual provinces such as Shanxi Province,and Henan Province not only had a high total ecological footprint, but also had a high growth rate.Simultaneously,the average per capita ecological footprint of Shanxi Province was far higher than that of others.Considering from the structure of ecological demand, the energy ecological footprint of Shanxi Province occupied 85~ of the total ecological footprint,being the maximum of all the energy rates, which followed by the energy rate of Henan Province. It is concluded that industrial restructuring and technological improvements are needed to be done urgently to these provinces.The ecological deficit of each province was different,but it was more serious in Shanxi and Henan Province.