Journal of Geographical Sciences ›› 2019, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (8): 1315-1330.doi: 10.1007/s11442-019-1661-7
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REN Yufei1,2, FANG Chuangling1,2(), LIN Xueqin3, SUN Siao1, LI Guangdong1, FAN Beili1
Received:
2018-09-28
Accepted:
2018-11-25
Online:
2019-08-25
Published:
2019-12-13
About author:
Ren Yufei (1990-), specialized in sustainable development of urban agglomerations. E-mail: renyuf@126.com
Supported by:
REN Yufei, FANG Chuangling, LIN Xueqin, SUN Siao, LI Guangdong, FAN Beili. Evaluation of the eco-efficiency of four major urban agglomerations in coastal eastern China[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2019, 29(8): 1315-1330.
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Table 1
Evaluation indicators for eco-efficiency of urban agglomeration"
Category | Item | Indicator |
---|---|---|
Input | Capital | Fixed assets investment, disbursement of foreign capital |
Natural resources | Construction land area, water consumption | |
Labor | Employees | |
Energy | Energy consumption | |
Output | Desirable output | GDP, gross industrial output value, local financial revenue, added value of tertiary industry |
Undesirable output | Total waste water discharge, industrial exhaust gas emission, and industrial smoke and dust emissions |
Table 2
Optimization of eco-environmental efficiency in China’s four eastern urban agglomerations"
Urban agglomeration | Improvement potential of slack variables (δij / %) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed assets investment | Disbursement of foreign capital | Employees | Construction land area | Energy consumption | Water consumption | |
BHT | 10.74 | 17.72 | 26.17 | 12.75 | 15.03 | 9.29 |
SP | 4.23 | 17.64 | 12.22 | 3.93 | 9.93 | 1.28 |
YRD | 5.43 | 13.60 | 8.49 | 4.84 | 5.58 | 3.70 |
PRD | 2.85 | 26.47 | 22.55 | 18.98 | 4.144 | 12.74 |
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