(e.g. distance travelled) – and the standard deviations were also greatest for these
components, indicating more varied responses relating to them than the other
components (see Table 5.2).
The consumption category with the highest average was food, followed by goods
and services and housing, with transportation or mobility last (Fig. 5.3). Of these
categories, responses were most varied concerning food, goods, and transportation
or mobility (and least varied – or more consistent – for housing and services) –
Table 5.3.
According to the Global Footprint Network (2020), Earth Overshoot Day for
Costa Rica was August 10, 2020 (see Sect. 2.1). The result was similar to the
corridor average (August 17, 2020) acquired for households in this sample.
According to the Global Footprint Network (2020), Costa Rica’s Ecological Footprint was 2.7 global hectares per person in 2016 (compared to 2.8 gha per person for
the world then). By comparison, in Table 5.4, the towns in the study area within the
corridor are overall very similar. The Ecological Footprint of participating households in the study area was 2.9 global hectares (Fig. 5.4), with around half of this
Table 5.2 Summary findings for the six Ecological Footprint components
Sample
Crop
land
Grazing
land
Forest
land
Fishing
grounds
Built-up
land
Carbon
(gha)
SE50
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.9
QA30
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.3 Æ 0.3
MO10
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.5
SF17
0.7 Æ 0.2 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.5 Æ 0.4
SM3
0.7 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.3 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.2 Æ 0.2
SI10
0.8 Æ 0.5 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.3 Æ 0.4
Average 0.8 Æ 0.3 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.5
1
0
SE50
MC10
QA30
SF17
SM3
SI10
Sample
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
(gha)
Food
Housing
Mobility
Goods
Services
Fig. 5.3 Consumption categories for the towns in the study area
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components, indicating more varied responses relating to them than the other
components (see Table 5.2).
The consumption category with the highest average was food, followed by goods
and services and housing, with transportation or mobility last (Fig. 5.3). Of these
categories, responses were most varied concerning food, goods, and transportation
or mobility (and least varied – or more consistent – for housing and services) –
Table 5.3.
According to the Global Footprint Network (2020), Earth Overshoot Day for
Costa Rica was August 10, 2020 (see Sect. 2.1). The result was similar to the
corridor average (August 17, 2020) acquired for households in this sample.
According to the Global Footprint Network (2020), Costa Rica’s Ecological Footprint was 2.7 global hectares per person in 2016 (compared to 2.8 gha per person for
the world then). By comparison, in Table 5.4, the towns in the study area within the
corridor are overall very similar. The Ecological Footprint of participating households in the study area was 2.9 global hectares (Fig. 5.4), with around half of this
Table 5.2 Summary findings for the six Ecological Footprint components
Sample
Crop
land
Grazing
land
Forest
land
Fishing
grounds
Built-up
land
Carbon
(gha)
SE50
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.9
QA30
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.3 Æ 0.3
MO10
0.8 Æ 0.4 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.5
SF17
0.7 Æ 0.2 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.5 Æ 0.4
SM3
0.7 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.3 Æ 0.1 0.0 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.2 Æ 0.2
SI10
0.8 Æ 0.5 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.0
1.3 Æ 0.4
Average 0.8 Æ 0.3 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.4 Æ 0.1 0.1 Æ 0.1
0.1 Æ 0.1
1.5 Æ 0.5
1
0
SE50
MC10
QA30
SF17
SM3
SI10
Sample
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
(gha)
Food
Housing
Mobility
Goods
Services
Fig. 5.3 Consumption categories for the towns in the study area
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