Living in the Environment 18th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 22

Using the world maps in Figure 1, p. S24 and Figure 3, p. S28 in Supplement 6, choose one more-developed country and one less-developed country to compare their ecological footprints (found under Quick Facts on the country portal). Click on the ecological footprint number to view a graph of both the ecological footprint and biocapacity of each country. Using those graphs, determine which country appears to be living more sustainably. What would be some reasons for the differences in their levels of sustainability