only about 71% of all land is habitable, and there would be a lot of other restrictions in terms of access to resources, and we need land dedicated to stuff like manufacturing and shared common spaces, so that per-person number quickly gets much smaller
According to https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture of the habitable land, still half is used for agriculture.
How much of appealing countryside is there that is attractive living area for humans?
Re:Rewilding the Self
by SteveVeilStream on Monday January 13, 2025 @04:34AM
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Although that is true, the counterpoint is that I think some people underestimate the potential impact on animals and how much room away from humans they really need. Some interesting recent research here: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2025/01/human-recreation-pu...
Factor in that some people enjoy living in urban areas, most won't leave in any case, and so on - and we're realistically talking about tens to hundreds of football fields per person. It's a big world out there.
[1] - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=land+area+of+earth+%2F...