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    Ecological footprint for environmental sustainability in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Oxford University Press, 0012-02-20) Fadeyibi Mary, Sawyerr Olawale Henry, and Salako Gabriel
    Ecological footprint (EF) is an indicator that accounts for human demand in the environment compared with the sizes of the bio-productive land and sea areas. This research was carried out to determine the EF for environmental sustainability in Ilorin Metropolis. Empirical surveying, which involved systematic random sample technique, was used to select residential households in each community for this investigation. The EF indicators, which include food, energy and waste consumptions, were determined empirically. The bio capacity (BC),ecologicalstressanddeficitweredetermined,fromthelandusedasenvironmentalsustainable areas in Ilorin, using Google Earth Mapping. The results revealed that energy has the highest EF of 44%, followed bywasteandfoodwiththefootprintof25%and5%,respectively.Adeficitof38%wasobtained,and this requires eight times the BC to balance the EF of the population. This implies that people are consuming more of the energy and generating more wastes than they consumed food.