Abstract: Ecological footprint is a measurement tool to find out the land and water area any given human population requires for the production of their resources and the absorption of their wastes which is necessary for assessing the environmental impacts (Baboulet, O., &Lenzen, M. (2010)and their resource consumption.This tool is significant enough to identify the sustainable practices in the campus area of the university by calculating and analysing the Ecological footprint of the given area.It is imperatively an eco-friendly approach for the sustenance of environment and its resources on a long term basis.This methodology followed in this paper helps to identify,quantify the consumption of various resources and to evaluate the practices being followed in the university campus area..
Key Terms: Yield factors, Equivalence factors, Ecological footprint, Sustainability
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