Affiliation:
1. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, India
Abstract
COVID-19, a new respiratory disease identified in December 2019, is one of the most recent risks to human health around the world. The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of COVID-19 on the ecological footprints of five cities across India: Delhi, Bhopal, Bareilly, Betul, and Razole, using the global footprint networks calculator tool. In this comparative analysis, six major factors were employed to examine EF which were examined through food, shelter, transportation, commodities, and services. Further, statistical test - T test and ANOVA analyse the difference ecological footprints in five cities. A total of 15 questions derived from six factors of land use type have been considered for the analysis using primary questionnaires collected via online google forms. The study presents a change in the ecological footprint through exploratory study of different cities with varying population sizes in the times of COVID-19. Results show significant difference in ecological footprint among the cities with maximum variation observed in class I cities like Delhi.