Assessment of ecological footprint of national general land use planning in China

Based on the general land use planning, the authors established the indeces sequences of ecological footprint, ecological supply and ecological deficit (from 1996 to 2002). Therefore, the conclusion that the actual ecological supply per capita in 2000 is 0.8% smaller than the planned value was obtaind. Furthermore, by comparing the ecological footprint with planning and the predicted value without planning, the authors figured out the value of ecological deficit per capita with planning (2010) should be 2% samller than the predicted value without planning. In succession, the paper analyzed the regional structure of ecological footprint of China and some other indices like ecological footprint diversity and eco-economic development capcity. Finally, the author established a simple linear regressive model to analyze the impacts of social and economic driving forces on the indices of ecological deficit ratio.