Study on the urban state carrying capacity for unbalanced sustainable development regions: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Sun, Chuanwang; Chen, Litai; Tian, Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.02.011

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“…The evaluation methods of resources and environmental carrying capacity (RECC) mainly include the ecological footprint method [33,34], energy analysis [35], system dynamics [36] and the comprehensive evaluation method [37,38]. Ecological footprint is a resource supply-demand balance method, which is more applicable at the global level [39].…”

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Resources and Environmental Pressure, Carrying Capacity, And Governance: A Case Study of Yangtze River Economic Belt

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The analysis of the relationship between regional resources and environment and human activities plays an important role in sustainable regional development. This study proposes the pressure-capacity-governance (PCG) model, an analytic framework for the assessment of the resources and environmental pressure (REP), carrying capacity (RECC) and governance (REG) levels over a large watershed scale, with the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as the study area. A limiting factor analysis is used to recognize the limiting factors of the regional RECC. The coupling analysis of resources and environmental pressure-capacity-governance identifies the regional potential and utilization direction. The research results are as follows. (1) The REP, RECC and REG levels of the YREB exhibit spatial differences. The REPs of the upper reaches are lower than those of the lower reaches, which does not match the RECC but matches the REG levels.(2) The proportions of unused land, water resources, and atmospheric environmental quality are the main limiting factors of the regional RECC. (3) The PCG analysis framework is used as the basis to divide the YREB into several subareas to analyse the resources and environmental potential carrying capacity and utilization direction of different types of region. This research may provide decision-making references for regional sustainable development at the large watershed scale.

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“…The idea of carrying capacity was first applied in biology, population biology, and ecology, and its application range was gradually extended to the environmental field. In this way, the concept of carrying capacity was given more precise meanings [4], such as land resource carrying capacity [5,6], water resource carrying capacity [7,8], resource carrying capacity [9,10], ecological carrying capacity [11,12], urban carrying capacity [1,13], RECC [14,15], and so on. The concepts of RECC were initially derived at different times and were largely employed within the resource and environmental fields.…”

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A Land Space Development Zoning Method Based on Resource–Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of Henan, China

Xie

2020

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As a key element in China’s spatial planning, the development zoning of land space has become a focus of China’s current activity. During its rapid social and economic development, China has faced severe and diverse challenges regarding sustainable development, such as farmland occupation, environmental degradation, urban land disorder expansion, etc. Against this backdrop, research on the linkage between resource–environmental carrying capacity (RECC) and the development zoning of land space in the process of sustainable development has received increased attention, and an accurate evaluation of the RECC would provide useful guidance for Chinese policy makers to carry out the development zoning of land space. This paper uses Henan Province as an example to construct a comprehensive evaluation model of “resource carrying capacity (RCC)–eco–environmental carrying capacity (EECC)–socio–economic carrying capacity (SECC)”, which calculates the level of RECC in a provincial area. In addition, this paper designs a correlation model between the RECC and the development zoning of land space, which uses a three-dimensional magic cube evaluation model to analyze the development zoning layout of land space. The results showed that a geographical pattern exists, where in the southwestern areas of Henan Province have a higher RECC than the central and northeastern areas. The results also indicated that the land space patterns of Henan Province can be divided into seven types of areas through a three-dimensional magic cube evaluation model, which can better reflect the spatial differentiation characteristics of the comprehensive index of RECC. The results of this study offer an important reference for policy-makers to make decisions and also provide a scientific and pragmatic basis for the formulation of sustainable development strategies.

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“…In sustainability performance evaluation research work, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a robust multiple attribute decision making (MADM) method commonly adopted for the assessment of sustainable development [32][33][34][35][36]. In the AHP, the weights of the relative importance of the attributes and/or indicators are decided by the decision maker for the considered application.…”

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“…Some researchers have analyzed data with regards to the first question. Most industries that Beijing transferred to Hebei are low-end industries with low technology and have not yet undergone large-scale industrial transfer [32]. However, even if Beijing urgently needs large-scale industrial transfer, the success of Beijing's transfer industry in the economic region around Beijing is still unknown [33].…”

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Sustainable Development of the Economic Circle around Beijing: A View of Regional Economic Disparity

Chu

Liu

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The economic circle around Beijing is a very important area that supports the development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. The economic growths of the economic circle around Beijing are deeply affected by the regional economic disparity. Besides the resources and environment problems, economic factors may be more prominent of regional sustainability. The objective of this paper is: (1) To find out what caused the regional economic disparity of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region; and (2) to assess the economic sustainable development status of the cities around Beijing, and give suggestions to narrow the regional disparity from the economic growth view. We used an assessment method based on the economic sustainable index system—the order relation method named G1 method, revised by standard deviation. The results showed that the fundamental reason for the differences lies in the disparity in production efficiency. The disparity in the regional economy increases the flow of talent to Beijing and Tianjin, so the labor productivity of Hebei Province will not improve. Thus, the economic gap among Hebei, Beijing, and Tianjin will continue to grow. This negative feedback will further exacerbate the economic growth problem. In terms of narrowing regional disparity, some implications are highlighted. Rational industrial structure, a high level of development in the manufacturing industry, and a high proportion of strategic emerging industries are important for the cities around Beijing to achieve high-level industry transfer, and the technological progress needed to promote economic growth.

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Study on the urban state carrying capacity for unbalanced sustainable development regions: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

Cited by 111 publications

References 41 publications

Resources and Environmental Pressure, Carrying Capacity, And Governance: A Case Study of Yangtze River Economic Belt

Resources and Environmental Pressure, Carrying Capacity, And Governance: A Case Study of Yangtze River Economic Belt

A Land Space Development Zoning Method Based on Resource–Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of Henan, China

Sustainable Development of the Economic Circle around Beijing: A View of Regional Economic Disparity

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