Material footprint of a fast-industrializing region in China, Part 1: Exploring the materialization process of Liaoning Province

Ma, Fengmei; Wang, Heming; Zhu, Bing; Chen, Dingjiang; Dai, Hancheng; Wang, Jian; Zhao, Shen; Yue, Qiang; Zhang, Guang Sheng; Xie, Yang; Geng, Yong; Du, Tao

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.03.015

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“…The relationship between economic development and the ecological environment is the key to sustainable development [1][2]. The rapid economic growth and resource use has caused various environmental problems [3][4][5].…”

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Measuring the Decoupling Progress in Developed and Developing Countries

Wang¹,

Zhao²,

Wei³

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management and Computer Science (ICMCS 2018)

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The relationship between economic development and the ecological environment is the key to sustainable development of human society. With the rapid economic development, the demand for resources has increased dramatically, which has led to problems such as depletion of resources and environmental pollution. Therefore, the relationship between resource use and economic growth needs to be studied to formulate corresponding resource use policies to facilitate the sustainable development of human society. This paper uses the resource decoupling indicators to study the decoupling condition of domestic material consumption (DMC) and material footprint (MF) indicators of three BRICS countries and three OECD countries from 1990 to 2015. Resources include biomass, non-metallic minerals, fossil fuels, and metal ores. Based on the results from these cases, we find that developed countries have a better decoupling condition than developing countries in the DMC level, but there is not much difference between developed and developing countries at the MF level. The developing countries' decoupling condition of MF is better than that of DMC, while the developed countries' decoupling condition is opposite. This study also emphasizes the importance of developing decoupling policies by selecting an appropriate resource use indicator.

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confidence: 99%

Measuring the Decoupling Progress in Developed and Developing Countries

Wang¹,

Zhao²,

Wei³

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management and Computer Science (ICMCS 2018)

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“…Due to the different resource endowments, the use of resources is different among regions of China (Ma et al., ). Figure shows the spatial patterns of DE (bar chart) and DE per capita (map chart) by four material groups.…”

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Regional material flow accounts for China: Examining China's natural resource use at the provincial and national level

Wang

Schandl

Wang

et al. 2019

J of Industrial Ecology

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Over the last three decades, China has experienced the most dynamic economic development lifting living standards and resulting in fast‐growing use of natural resources. In the past, the focus has been on national MFA accounts which do not do justice to the second largest economy, home to 19% of the world population and having 30% of global material use. In this research, we calculate material extraction for China at the regional level during 1995–2015 using the most recent available statistical data and applying the most up‐to‐date international calculation methods. In particular, we combine a bottom‐up and top‐down approach for constructing the dataset of China's economically used Domestic Extraction (DEU) in an integrated way. This approach also improves the Chinese national material flow accounts and allows us to present a reliable database of DE of materials for China to date. Our new dataset provides the basis for calculating material footprints and environmental impacts of China's regions. The dataset enables us to evaluate regional resource efficiency trends in China. We find that during the past two decades, China's material use has grown strongly from 11.7 billion tonnes in 1995 to 35.4 billion tonnes in 2015. Material use has accelerated between 2000 and 2010 but slowed down between 2010 and 2015 reflecting the economic contraction caused by the Global Financial Crisis which reduced the global demand for China's manufacturing and a reorientation of China's economic policy settings toward quality of growth. Unsurprisingly, different regions play different roles in the supply chain of materials, achieving different economic performances resulting in very diverse material efficiency outcomes. This information is important to allow for a targeted policy approach to increase resource efficiency, reduce environmental impacts of resource use, and grow wellbeing in China with large positive implications for global sustainability. This study provides the basis for the development of relevant resource management policies for different regions in the future.

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“…Негативним наслідком гонитви за інвестиціями і безладного створення промислових виробництв у різних регіонах стала поява в країні надлишку виробничих потужностей, їх дублювання, надвиробництво багатьох видів промислових товарів. Подальший промисловий розвиток потребує розширення внутрішнього та зовнішнього попиту на вироблену продукцію [74]. Вирішення пов'язаних з цим питань збуту товарів на глобальних ринках здійснюється за допомоги держави.…”

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Industrial development in decentralized conditions: experience of leading industrial countries and conclusions for Ukraine

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2019

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Material footprint of a fast-industrializing region in China, Part 1: Exploring the materialization process of Liaoning Province

Cited by 28 publications

References 54 publications

Measuring the Decoupling Progress in Developed and Developing Countries

Measuring the Decoupling Progress in Developed and Developing Countries

Regional material flow accounts for China: Examining China's natural resource use at the provincial and national level

Industrial development in decentralized conditions: experience of leading industrial countries and conclusions for Ukraine

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