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Evaluation and Comparison of the Resource and Environmental Carrying Capacity of the 10 Main Urban Agglomerations in China


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1 The School of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing 404100, China
2 Department of Environment Engineering, Lomonosova Institute of Technology, Riga, LV-1128, Latvia
 

A comprehensive evaluation index system is established in this study, and evaluation and comparison of resource and environmental carrying capacity from 2005 to 2012 are conducted from four aspects, namely, land, water resource, transportation and environment. Research results show that from 2005 to 2012, the carrying capacity of the 10 main urban agglomerations increased, except for the wing of Beijing and Tianjin urban agglomeration. A significant difference in carrying capacity was observed. Among the top 10 urban agglomerations, the resource and environmental carrying capacity of the eastern region is the highest, followed by that of the central region. The resource and environmental carrying capacity of the western region is the lowest. Traffic capacity, circular economy development level, water resource consumption, and industrial pollution emission are the main reasons for the difference in resource and environmental carrying capacity.

Keywords

Urban Agglomeration, Global Factor Analysis, Environmental Carrying, Capacity.
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Jiansheng Zhang
The School of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing 404100, China
Xiuzhong Hu
The School of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing 404100, China
Qin Li
The School of Finance and Economics, Chongqing Three Gorges University, Chongqing 404100, China
Celly Kopytov
Department of Environment Engineering, Lomonosova Institute of Technology, Riga, LV-1128, Latvia

Abstract


A comprehensive evaluation index system is established in this study, and evaluation and comparison of resource and environmental carrying capacity from 2005 to 2012 are conducted from four aspects, namely, land, water resource, transportation and environment. Research results show that from 2005 to 2012, the carrying capacity of the 10 main urban agglomerations increased, except for the wing of Beijing and Tianjin urban agglomeration. A significant difference in carrying capacity was observed. Among the top 10 urban agglomerations, the resource and environmental carrying capacity of the eastern region is the highest, followed by that of the central region. The resource and environmental carrying capacity of the western region is the lowest. Traffic capacity, circular economy development level, water resource consumption, and industrial pollution emission are the main reasons for the difference in resource and environmental carrying capacity.

Keywords


Urban Agglomeration, Global Factor Analysis, Environmental Carrying, Capacity.