Quantifying the impact of humans on environment is very difficult due to its complex nature. An ecological footprint an effective tool and indicator that quantitatively reveals human beings world while maintaining their vital activities, cost living or burden In this study, footprints 179 teacher candidates studying at Anadolu University Faculty Education were determined by using international ...

Case-based reasoning (CBR) systems solve new problems by retrieving and adapting problem solving experiences stored as cases in a case-base. Success depends largely on the performance of the case retrieval algorithm used. Smyth and McKenna [Lecture Notes in Arti®cial Intelligence LNAI 1650 (1999) 343±357] have described a novel retrieval technique, called footprint-based retrieval (FBR), which ...

eco village design is a new field of knowledge still under development. it will be the physical manifestation of the unfolding of the ecovillage dream held by so many. it is generally agreed that concept of sustainability should play an increasing role in future urban development world-wide. in order to ensure ecological sustainability, cities around the world have to decrease their environment...