关键词: 生态足迹, 城市, 生态环境, 产业, 可持续发展

Abstract: Recently, the comparative study on the development of China's Shenzhen and Suzhou cities was mainly based on their economy and people's living standard. However, the impact of economic development on their ecological environment was often overlooked. The principle and mathematical model of the ecological footprint were therefore introduced into the case studies of Shenzhen and Suzhou from 1997 to 2004, and the results showed that the development of the two cities has great impact on the ecological environment. Taking the year 2004 as example, the consumption of different resources in Shenzhen needed about 28 times its area to sustain the demand for the population in the city, and in Suzhou it was about 12 times its area. Energy consumption predominated in the cities, since the secondary industry is dominant in Suzhou and the secondary industry and tertiary industry are dominant in Shenzhen.