Abstract
Background:Sustainable development identifies the requirements for the environmental enhancements while preserving a balance among environmental factors. Sustainable integrated systems reinforced or promoted the persistence of the structural and operational components into the natural component.Objective:The study aims to apply a modified ecological footprint model to assess how much the ecosystem functions were affected by the development of urban waterfronts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Methods:A modified ecological footprint model has been applied to assess the outcomes obtained from the ecosystem functions of urban waterfronts.Results:The study revealed alteration or embedment of natural processes in all developed urban waterfronts; leading to loss of biodiversity, diminishment of site productivity, and increase of hidden costs regarding maintenance and replacement. It has positive performance in biodiversity enrichment, continuous productivity, maintenance and enhancement of natural physical and biological processes.Conclusion:The sustainable designs for urban waterfronts should aiming for the enhancement of natural processes for the productivity of coastal areas.
Highlights
Ecological sustainability has recently emerged as a distinction to answer the critical, social, and environmental issues
The sustainable designs for urban waterfronts should aiming for the enhancement of natural processes for the productivity of coastal areas
The findings of the study are consistent with the current study that Ecological Footprint (EF) of seafront environmental sustainability is negatively associated to the ecological development
Summary
Sustainable development identifies the requirements for the environmental enhancements while preserving a balance among environmental factors. Sustainable integrated systems reinforced or promoted the persistence of the structural and operational components into the natural component
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