@conference {2181,
	title = {Consumption Profile and Support Area},
	booktitle = {Fourth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity},
	year = {2014},
	address = {Leipzig},
	abstract = {The ecological footprint method proposed by Merkel (2009) was used to calculate the support area related a population consumption profile in Ibi{\'u}na county, S{\~a}o Paulo state in Brazil. It was verified that when family income grows the support area becomes greater. The excessive consumption of products that are not primary necessities and wealthy lifestyle which leads some families to occupy more area than needed for housing can explain this. This research reveals that Ibi{\'u}na{\textquoteright}s population with familiar income above 1 minimum salary, (300 US$/month), requires a support area of 2,2 ha / family. If the consumption profile and the lifestyle of the whole population were similar to the population that earns up to 1 minimum salary, the municipality area of Ibi{\'u}na would be enough to sustain the entire population of the region. It is also possible to observe that the use fuel consumption for transportation is the main factor of the increase of support area.},
	author = {Sayoko Nakajima and Dr. Enrique Ortega}
}
