Sustainable development is a concept that has started gaining importance in recent years. It helps reduce the environmental impacts of cities with dense human populations. On a smaller scale, social spaces, localities and institutions can be—in many ways—accurately representative of the cities they’re in. In other words, a place like a university campus can be considered a small city. Based on this point, this study was conducted to calculate the ecological footprint (EF) of Eskisehir Technical University (ESTU) campus and to determine the effects of the campus on the environment. The EF of the previous, current and future land use types within Iki Eylul Campus of ESTU was calculated using GIS software. The results showed that the major land use and land cover types in the study area were pasture, agricultural land and natural plant patterns in 1990, and most of them were converted into built areas—including the campus building. The change in EF due to this land use and land cover change was determined to be approximately 148,85 gha. However, when the land use and the campus user data for 2018 were included into the process, the EF of the study area was found to be 251,251.3 gha. Regarding the new structures and increase in the number of users in accordance with the campus development plan, it was determined that the EF of the campus area—barring any preventive actions—would reach 541,898.8 gha in the future. The current EF was calculated based on the artificial surfaces, energy consumption, transportation, waste production information; and determined that the highest EF value related to the electricity consumption. The total EF value of the campus in 2018 was 1148.2 gha.

可持续发展是近年来开始变得越来越重要的概念。它有助于减少人口稠密的城市对环境的影响。在较小的范围内，社交空间、地点和机构可以——在很多方面——准确地代表他们所在的城市。换句话说，像大学校园这样的地方可以被认为是一个小城市。基于这一点，本研究旨在计算埃斯基谢希尔技术大学（ESTU）校园的生态足迹（EF），并确定校园对环境的影响。ESTU Iki Eylul校区过去、现在和未来土地利用类型的EF是使用GIS软件计算的。结果表明，研究区主要土地利用和土地覆盖类型为牧草、1990 年的农用地和天然植物模式，其中大部分被改建为建成区——包括校园建筑。由于这种土地利用和土地覆盖变化而导致的 EF 变化被确定为大约 148,85 gha。然而，当将 2018 年的土地利用和校园用户数据纳入该过程时，发现研究区的 EF 为 251,251.3 gha。关于根据校园发展计划的新结构和用户数量增加，确定未来校园区域的EF - 除非采取任何预防措施 - 将达到541,898.8 gha。当前EF是根据人工表面、能源消耗、交通、废物产生信息计算得出的；并确定最高 EF 值与耗电量有关。