Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development

Running head: POLICY AND PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Waste and its impact........................................................................................................................2
Policy description............................................................................................................................5
Changes in the policy.......................................................................................................................6
Discussion and analysis of the policy..............................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Ecological footprint measures the consumption of the bio productive area that is referred
to as the water area and the land area. The bio productive areas are differentiated into 6 major
regions like the fuelwood, forest of timber, grazing land, cropping land, carbon sequestration,
forest land and he fishing ground. The ecological footprint is measured in terms of the global
hectares. It is important to mention that the ecological footprint is an environmental indicator.
From the scientific point of view, the standards of footprint are measured for the robustness of
the calculations and the integrity of the methodology. The growing amount of the waste has the
potential of impacting the environment. The materials that have bene disposed in the bins or have
been dumped might stay in the environment for thousands of years. The presence of the waste
can cause significant amount of damage to the environment, plants and animals (Van den Bergh
and Grazi 2014). This study will emphasise on the calculation of the ecological footprint;
selection of an area that will be used to address the study after making the calculation, providing
an insight into the policy and how it will be linked with the chosen area and finally a discussion
will also be provided.
Waste and its impact
Considering the calculation, for this specific study the waste and its impact on the
environment will be selected (figure 1). The rationale is that there are different factors that
contribute to the environment and the climate change. The impact of the waste on the
environment includes the following: when waste is sent to land fill, then it gets decomposed and
in the end methane is released. Methane gas is a potent greenhouse gas and it contributes
positively to the greenhouse gas effect; irresponsible disposal of waste leads to many

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environmental problems. It can result into land pollution and air pollution and along with it can
cause several health disorders (theconversation.com 2019).
First Calculation
Figure 1: calculation of the ecological footprint [source: footprintnetwork.org 2019]
Recalculation