Jin Zhu’s research while affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University and other places

The ecological footprint model was used in this paper to evaluate the sustainable development status of Baotou City by calculating the ecological footprint, ecological carrying capacity and ecological deficit/surplus in 2018. The results showed that: (1) In 2018, the per capita ecological footprint of Baotou City was 1.11506 ha, the per capita ecological carrying capacity was 0.8371 ha. There is 0.2780 ha ecological deficit, which is in a fragile and unsustainable development state; (2) The demand for farmland, grassland and fossil energy land is large, but the carrying capacity of grassland is limited; (3) Coking coal, raw coal and coal washing, account for 99% of the energy demand footprint; Residents’ needs of dairy and meat in the diet structure makes the demand of the grassland to achieve total footprint almost a third; (4) The fossil energy land, construction land and water footprint per capita ranked higher, and footprint is greater than the carrying capacity; Regional sustainability is weak, and need adjust the structure of energy consumption, residents’ diet, control of urban sprawl to guarantee the sustainable development of city.