| Issues of Coastal Environmental Sustainability | Environmental Sustainability Factors | (-4) Very High Negative | (-3) High Negative | (-2) Average Negative | (-1) Low Negative | (+1) Low Positive | (+2) Average Positive | (+3) High Positive | (+4) Very High Positive | Ecological Footprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Maintenance of natural processes | 1. Wave action | - | -3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Tidal activity | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Coast development | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Coast protection | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| b. Enhancement of biodiversity | 1. Flora | -4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Fauna | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Successional process | -4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| c. Site productivity | 1. Marine products | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Quality of marine products | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Terrestrial productivity | -4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Quality of terrestrial products | -4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| d. Continuous use of the site | 1. Day/night | - | - | - | - | - | +2 | - | - | - |
| 2. Carrying capacity | - | - | - | - | - | +2 | - | - | - | |
| 3. Summer/winter | - | - | - | - | - | +2 | - | - | - | |
| 4. Carrying capacity | - | - | - | - | +1 | - | - | - | - | |
| e. Design and used materials | 1. Perceptions of users to environment | - | - | - | - | - | - | +3 | - | - |
| 2. Durability of design and materials | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Waste and Pollution generated | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. General appearance | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Maintenance cost | - | -3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6. Health and ecological protection | - | - | -2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7. Microclimate modification | - | - | - | -1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Accumulated impacts of related indicators | -16 | -6 | -12 | -5 | +1 | +6 | +3 | 0 | (-29) Negative ecological footprint | |
| Total accumulated EF of all indicators | ||||||||||