Corvinus research: how ecologically unsustainable are households in the Budapest urban area?
02/11/2022
From an ecological point of view, Budapest and its surroundings are amazingly unsustainable: the ecological footprint related to the household consumption of a resident of the capital is 2.5 global hectares, and that of a person living in an agglomeration is almost 3 global hectares. Taking the ecological capital, i.e. the biocapacity of the land, into account, the overload of the capital city is 30 times, that of the agglomeration is 2.4 times – states a recent Hungarian study with the involvement of the Corvinus University. According to the research, growing prosperity does not ease the pressure on the environment, so greater environmental efficiency and new consumption habits are needed.