Science Research Management ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 70-78.

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An assessment for the eco-efficiency of resource-based cities

Huang Xueqin, Wang Tingting   

  1. School of Economics, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2014-01-02 Revised:2015-01-16 Online:2015-07-25 Published:2015-07-08

Abstract: In order to make the conditions of sustainable development in resource-based cities, a concept of eco-efficiency was introduced in this paper and a comparative analysis is made to the livable cities based on the measure of energy ecological footprint. Compared with the livable city, the ecological inefficiency of the resource-based cities is lower. With the analysis of factors, it showed that the type and scale of the city had significant impacts and the secondary industry accounted for the proportion of GDP, energy consumption per unit of GDP had negative correlation with eco-efficiency, whereas urban per capita green area, built-up area green coverage rate had positive correlations. Therefore, extending the industrial chain, increasing the efficiency of the use of resources, developing circular economy, and easing ecological pressure are important to improve eco-efficiency.

Key words: resource-based city, livable city, eco-efficiency, energy ecological footprint

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