Comments on: SALISBURY http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/ URBAN ADVENTURE Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dr.Dipti Mukherji http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-8 Dr.Dipti Mukherji Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:19:24 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-8 Dear Daniel, Good one. Easy for common people to to know their surrounding and the rural urban fringe of a city. But I have my doubt whether It will be possible for Mumbai. India. Will have to give a thought. Dear Daniel,
Good one. Easy for common people to to know their surrounding and the rural urban fringe of a city. But I have my doubt whether It will be possible for Mumbai. India. Will have to give a thought.

]]> By: davidthedesigner http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-7 davidthedesigner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:50:50 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-7 Sorry - should be 'raises in my mind...'. Sorry – should be ‘raises in my mind…’.

]]> By: davidthedesigner http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-6 davidthedesigner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:48:54 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-6 Daniel I was lucky enough to see your presentation at Interesting2008; and I happen to live in the city with the largest ecological footprint in the UK. I also recognise exactly the spot where you started this walk, and this is a route that I've walked and cycled many times. The fact that this marks the boundary of Salisbury's ecological footprint is a real eye opener to me; and it raise in my mind exactly where I'd have to walk to in order to reach the boundary of my own city's resource consumption. Great stuff! Daniel

I was lucky enough to see your presentation at Interesting2008; and I happen to live in the city with the largest ecological footprint in the UK. I also recognise exactly the spot where you started this walk, and this is a route that I’ve walked and cycled many times. The fact that this marks the boundary of Salisbury’s ecological footprint is a real eye opener to me; and it raise in my mind exactly where I’d have to walk to in order to reach the boundary of my own city’s resource consumption.

Great stuff!

]]> By: David Rogers http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-4 David Rogers Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:53:16 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-4 56km! I've done that in a day before but didn't feel so good! Thanks for the stats and the links though I'll look into this as I usually do my walking in rural locations so it would a be an intersting contrast. I like moving towards the city as it also gives an aiming point! Will do some thinking! 56km! I’ve done that in a day before but didn’t feel so good! Thanks for the stats and the links though I’ll look into this as I usually do my walking in rural locations so it would a be an intersting contrast.

I like moving towards the city as it also gives an aiming point!

Will do some thinking!

]]> By: Daniel http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-3 Daniel Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:57:41 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-3 I started the walk just east of Winchester (which has the worst footprint for a city in England) and walked into the centre of Salisbury from there. This film is actually a reversed version of the walk. I think it is good to see the start of the urban area first, but I'll be uploading the forward version later too. According to a recent WWF report Portsmouth has the 10th largest ecological footprint compared to the number of people who live in it. The average person has a footprint of 5.79 global hectares (3.21 planets would be needed if everyone in the world lived like that).. It would be a big walk, let me know if you plan to do it. You can see the WWF report here: http://www.wwf.org.uk/oneplanet/cf_0000004481.asp Here are some stats on Portsmouth from the last census: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/portsmouth_urban_area.asp Based on some quick calculations I think (need to double check) you would have to walk 56km to get from the centre of Portsmouth to the edge of its ecological footprint.. but this is only based on its population at the last census and only the people who live there and not all the business and government activities. I started the walk just east of Winchester (which has the worst footprint for a city in England) and walked into the centre of Salisbury from there. This film is actually a reversed version of the walk. I think it is good to see the start of the urban area first, but I’ll be uploading the forward version later too.

According to a recent WWF report Portsmouth has the 10th largest ecological footprint compared to the number of people who live in it. The average person has a footprint of 5.79 global hectares (3.21 planets would be needed if everyone in the world lived like that).. It would be a big walk, let me know if you plan to do it.

You can see the WWF report here:
http://www.wwf.org.uk/oneplanet/cf_0000004481.asp

Here are some stats on Portsmouth from the last census:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/portsmouth_urban_area.asp

Based on some quick calculations I think (need to double check) you would have to walk 56km to get from the centre of Portsmouth to the edge of its ecological footprint.. but this is only based on its population at the last census and only the people who live there and not all the business and government activities.

]]> By: David Rogers http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-2 David Rogers Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:31:02 +0000 http://urbanadventure.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/10/#comment-2 Nice work! This has not only made me think about the impact of cities in a different way but I can see applications in the classroom. I wonder how far I would have to walk from Portsmouth? Well worth looking into I think.... Were the shots taken looking at Salisbury or away? Nice work! This has not only made me think about the impact of cities in a different way but I can see applications in the classroom. I wonder how far I would have to walk from Portsmouth? Well worth looking into I think….

Were the shots taken looking at Salisbury or away?

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