scholarly journals Dynamic evaluation method of urban green growth level in Anhui province: a comprehensive analysis of 16 cities’ panel data from 2013-2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 269 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Junqi Zhu ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Haotian Zhen ◽  
Shanshan Li ◽  
Jichao Geng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
High Carbon ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Growth Development ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
Energy Emissions ◽  
Economic Technology ◽  
High Level

Considering that green growth development is an increasingly important environmental trend, this paper develops an urban green growth development index and applies it to Anhui Province in China and its 16 cities. Previously, such analyses have taken place mostly at the provincial level, and research on cities is relatively rare. To fill the gap, this paper constructs an urban green growth economy evaluation index based on economic technology, social development, ecological environment, and energy emissions. Using the vertical and horizontal pull-off method to comprehensively evaluate the green growth development levels of 16 cities in Anhui province from 2013 to 2017, the residual expectation coefficient is used to measure and analyze differences in the development levels. The results show that Hefei and Huangshan emit a medium-high level of carbon, and the other 14 cities belong in the high-carbon category. Furthermore, cluster analysis shows that the green growth development levels of the 16 cities fall into four groups. There is a wide disparity between the groups, and the differences between groups are significantly larger than the differences within groups.

scholarly journals Sustainability of Regional Agroecological Economic System Based on Emergy Theory: A Case Study of Anhui Province, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8317
Author(s):  
Xue Wu ◽  
Yaliu Yang ◽  
Conghu Liu ◽  
Guowei Xu ◽  
Yuxia Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic System ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Anhui Province ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Emergy Theory ◽  
Operation Status

The agroecological economic system is the basic system on which human beings depend for survival. In order to better evaluate the operation status of a regional agroecological economic system and deepen the cognition of the input and output of the regional agroecological economic system from the angle of emergy, the evaluation method of sustainable development of the regional agroecological economic system with comprehensive consideration of resources, economy, and environment was proposed by constructing a unified dimensional measurement model. This paper analyzed and evaluated the data of the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province from 2010 to 2019. The results showed that the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province bore less environmental pressure and gradually decreased, and had a good system efficiency and economic benefits. The average emergy sustainability index (ESI) was 3.12, indicating that the agroecological economic system in Anhui Province had certain vitality of sustainable development. Based on this, the paper puts forward some suggestions on sustainable and high-quality agricultural development in Anhui Province, which provides theoretical and methodical support for sustainable development of a regional agricultural economy.

Analysis of local and periodical transition in Cheong-Gye-Cheon to harmonize locality for urban green growth

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 2005-2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongseok Shin ◽  
Hisoo Park ◽  
Jeonghyeon Seo ◽  
Jeohong Lee ◽  
Heekyung Park
Keyword(s):  
Green Growth ◽  
Urban Green

Urban green growth and importance to cities in Asia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishanthini Kanasan ◽  
Mohd Sayuti Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Green Growth ◽  
Urban Green

scholarly journals Coupling and Coordination Degrees of the Core Water–Energy–Food Nexus in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shasha Xu ◽  
Weijun He ◽  
Juqin Shen ◽  
Dagmawi Mulugeta Degefu ◽  
Liang Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex System ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Coordination Development ◽  
Coordination Degree

Achieving sustainable development in the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is gaining global attention. The coupling and coordination degrees are a way to measure sustainable development levels of a complex system. This study assessed the coupling and coordination degrees of the core WEF nexus and identified key factors that affect sustainable development. First, an index system for assessing coupling and coordination degrees of the core WEF nexus was built. Second, the development levels of three subsystems as well as the coupling and coordination degrees of the core WEF nexus in China were calculated. The results showed that from 2007 to 2016, the mean value of the coupling degree was 0.746 (range (0.01, 1)), which was a high level. This proved that the three resources were interdependent. Hence, it was necessary to study their relationship. However, the mean value of the coordination degree was 0.395 (range (0, 1)), which was a low level. This showed that the coordination development of the core WEF nexus in China was low. It is necessary to take some measures to improve the situation. According to the key factors that affect the development levels of water, energy, and food subsystems, the authors put forward some suggestions to improve the coordination development of the WEF system in China.

scholarly journals Urban green boosterism and city affordability: For whom is the ‘branded’ green city?

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Garcia-Lamarca ◽  
Isabelle Anguelovski ◽  
Helen Cole ◽  
James JT Connolly ◽  
Lucía Argüelles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Global North ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Green City

Increasingly, greening in cities across the Global North is enmeshed in strategies for attracting capital investment, raising the question: for whom is the future green city? Through exploring the relationship between cities’ green boosterist rhetoric, affordability and social equity considerations within greening programmes, this paper examines the extent to which, and why, the degree of green branding – that is, urban green boosterism – predicts the variation in city affordability. We present the results of a mixed methods, macroscale analysis of the greening trajectories of 99 cities in Western Europe, the USA and Canada. Our regression analysis of green rhetoric shows a trend toward higher cost of living among cities with the longest duration and highest intensity green rhetoric. We then use qualitative findings from Nantes, France, and Austin, USA, as two cases to unpack why green boosterism correlates with lower affordability. Key factors determining the relation between urban greening and affordability include the extent of active municipal intervention, redistributional considerations and the historic importance of inclusion and equity in urban development. We conclude by considering what our results mean for the urban greening agenda in the context of an ongoing green growth imperative going forward.

scholarly journals Safety Evaluation of Timber Structures through Probabilistic Analysis

2010 ◽  
Vol 133-134 ◽  
pp. 337-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélder S. Sousa ◽  
Paulo B. Lourenço ◽  
Luís C. Neves
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Timber Structures ◽  
Reliability Indices ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation Technique ◽  
Target Reliability Index ◽  
Safety Parameters ◽  
Modelling Techniques ◽  
High Level

This work presents a procedure for the use of probabilistic modelling techniques in the assessment of safety parameters of existing timber structures, when influenced by two types of actions. The parameters of the models have been defined as probabilistic variables, and Monte Carlo simulation technique was taken into account for safety evaluation. The case study here examined concerns four king post trusses on which a safety evaluation method was conducted to determine a target reliability index. Since the structures presented a high level of deterioration, a model considering the variation of the residual cross-section and the influence of environment in resistance was taken into account. Time dependent deterioration models have also been considered. With the results given by the different used models, it was possible to obtain probabilities of failure and respective reliability indices, as well as time evolution deterioration curves for a deteriorated historical structure.

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