Abstract
Visualizing the environmental balance of consumption from human activity and natural environmental capacity is extremely important to improve sustainability. This study proposes a “Meteor-gram” as a method of visualization. This improved ecological footprint indicator and bio-capacity indicator presents the environmental balance of the past, present, and future. Results show that: 1) the environmental balance of the past 50 years has been worsening year-by-year; 2) population 1 decline and other factors are restoring the environmental balance in some places; 3) balancing environmental consumption and capacity depends on environmental load reduction measures; 4) potential improvement differs greatly among cities.
