Examining the Coordination Between Green Finance and Green Economy Aiming for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of China

Green finance (GF) regards social responsibility and environmental protection interests as the core of development and has become a new growth point and a new engine for promoting the development of the green economy (GE). To more accurately grasp the coordination between GF and the GE, the selection of appropriate indicators and feasible methods is worth exploring. Aiming at sustainable development by evaluating the coupling coordination between GF and the GE by means of a comprehensive index system and an integrated approach, this study establishes a coupling coordination degree model based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces over the period 2007–2016. Furthermore, it evaluates the spatial distribution difference and dynamic evolution trend of the coordination by introducing global/local spatial autocorrelation, a space Markov chain, and a local indicators of spatial association (LISA) Markov chain. According to the research results, the coupling coordination degrees of the provinces exhibit gradual upward trends, and most regions in China are in a barely coordinated state at present. The coordination degree of GF and the GE shows strong spatial dependence overall, and partially presents the characteristics of “high-high (HH)” and “low-low (LL)” clustering patterns. The forecast results show that the future coordination of GF and the GE will remain stable and be affected by the coordinated development of surrounding areas.

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Research on the Coordination of Green Finance and Green Economy with the Goal of Sustainable Development

Modern Economics & Management Forum ◽

10.32629/memf.v2i4.415 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Bing Yang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Index System ◽

Green Economy ◽

Comprehensive Method ◽

Comprehensive Index ◽

Green Finance ◽

Selection Of ◽

Coordination Degree

In order to give full play to the integration between green finance and green economy, the selection of appropriate evaluation indicators is worth further exploration. Therefore, this paper is conducted with exploration on the combination of comprehensive index system and comprehensive method, which give evaluations on the coupling coordination degree between green finance and green economy by combining the coupling coordination degree model with ESG, so as to achieve the goal of sustainable development.

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Quantitative Analysis in the Coordinated Development of Human Settlements Environment and Economy for Guizhou

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.587-589.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 587-589 ◽

pp. 11-15

Author(s):

Lu Li ◽

Xian Gui Xue

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Principal Component ◽

Fuzzy Mathematics ◽

Objective Method ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Human Settlements ◽

Regional Sustainable Development ◽

Mathematics Method ◽

Coordination Degree

This paper used the objective method by principal component analysis and fuzzy mathematics method to assess the coordination degree of human settlements environment and economy since 2005 in Guizhou.Combined with the reality to propose the main countermeasure to realize the regional sustainable development.

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Integrating Sustainable Development and Children’s Rights: A Case Study on Wales

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci10030100 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 100

Author(s):

Rhian Croke ◽

Helen Dale ◽

Ally Dunhill ◽

Arwyn Roberts ◽

Malvika Unnithan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Well Being ◽

Children's Rights ◽

Children’S Rights ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Development Goals ◽

Deliberative Processes

The global disconnect between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), has been described as ‘a missed opportunity’. Since devolution, the Welsh Government has actively pursued a ‘sustainable development’ and a ‘children’s rights’ agenda. However, until recently, these separate agendas also did not contribute to each other, although they culminated in two radical and innovative pieces of legislation; the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure (2013) and the Well-being and Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015). This article offers a case study that draws upon the SDGs and the CRC and considers how recent guidance to Welsh public bodies for implementation attempts to contribute to a more integrated approach. It suggests that successful integration requires recognition of the importance of including children in deliberative processes, using both formal mechanisms, such as local authority youth forums, pupil councils and a national youth parliament, and informal mechanisms, such as child-led research, that enable children to initiate and influence sustainable change.

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Sustainable Development of New Urbanization from the Perspective of Coordination: A New Complex System of Urbanization‒Technology Innovation and the Atmospheric Environment

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos10110652 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 652 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bin Jiang ◽

Lei Ding ◽

Xuejuan Fang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Technology Innovation ◽

Strategic Decision ◽

Atmospheric Environment ◽

Entropy Weight ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

New Type ◽

Urbanization In China ◽

Coordination Degree

Exploring the coordinated development of urbanization (U), technology innovation (T), and the atmospheric environment (A) is an important way to realize the sustainable development of new-type urbanization in China. Compared with existing research, we developed an integrated index system that accurately represents the overall effect of the three subsystems of UTA, and a new weight determination method, the structure entropy weight (SEW), was introduced. Then, we constructed a coordinated development index (CDI) of UTA to measure the level of sustainability of new-type urbanization. This study also analyzed trends observed in UTA for 11 cities in Zhejiang Province of China, using statistical panel data collected from 2006 to 2017. The results showed that: (1) urbanization efficiency, the benefits of technological innovation, and air quality weigh the most in the indicator systems, which indicates that they are key factors in the behavior of UTA. The subsystem scores of the 11 cities show regional differences to some extent. (2) Comparing the coordination level of UTA subsystems, we found that the order is: coordination degree of UT > coordination degree of UA > coordination degree of TA. This suggests that the atmospheric environment system improvement is an important strategic decision for sustainable urbanization in Zhejiang. (3) The UTACDI values of the 11 cities are not high enough, as the coordination is mainly low, basic, or good, while none of the cities reached the stage of excellent coordination. (4) Gray Model (1,1) revealed that the time taking to achieve excellent coordination varies for different cities. Hangzhou and Ningbo were predicted to reach the excellent coordination level in 2018. Other cities are predicted to take 2–4 years to adjust their urbanization strategies enough to be considered to have excellent coordination of their UTA system.

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Research on the Sustainable Development Based on PREES Model of Beijing

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1605 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 291-294 ◽

pp. 1605-1609

Author(s):

Wen Yan Guo ◽

Li Ma ◽

Qiong Wang ◽

Xiao Liu Shen

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Principal Component ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The City ◽

Coordination Degree

This paper studies the coordinated development of Beijing's population, resources, environment, economic and society. With the rapid development of the city, Beijing’s population, society and economic is getting more and more contradictive against its resources and environment, under which circumstance a scientific study on the coordinated development is urgently required. This essay is based on the data of last 10 years of Beijing, and formulates a PREES model of the PREES model in Beijing. This study uses the method of principal component analysis via SPSS, establishes the coordination degree evaluation system of Beijing’s population, resources, environment, economic and society, and runs an empirical analysis afterward. This essay calculates the coordination degree of Beijing’s population, resources, environment, economic and society, analyzes and studies the main issues in Beijing’s coordinated development, and gives relative suggestions.

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Functional Coupling Degree and Human Activity Intensity of Production–Living–Ecological Space in Underdeveloped Regions in China: Case Study of Guizhou Province

Land ◽

10.3390/land10010056 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 56

Author(s):

Xuesong Zhang ◽

Zijin Xu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Human Activity ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Moderate Intensity ◽

Functional Coupling ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Activity Intensity ◽

Development Level ◽

Underdeveloped Areas ◽

Coordination Degree

(1) Background: Clarify the coordinated development level of production, living, and ecological spaces in the underdeveloped areas of China and their relationship with the intensity of human activity. Explore and address the problems that are likely to be faced when developing these areas and improve the quality of China’s new urbanization development. Promote the coordinated and sustainable development of the economy, society and ecology in underdeveloped areas. Guizhou Province is located in southwest China; the landform is broken and complex. Its economic development level is low. It is one of the representatives of underdeveloped areas in China. Therefore, Guizhou Province of China was selected as the study area. (2) Methods: This paper constructs the evaluation index system of the production–living–ecological space (PLES) functional system in China’s underdeveloped areas, and uses the coupling coordination degree model to measure the development coordination level of the study area. The human activity intensity model was used to calculate the human activity intensity in the study area. Response index is introduced to analyze the relationship between the spatial function coupling coordination degree and the intensity of human activities. (3) Results: Before 2015, the level of functional coupling coordination degree of production–living–ecological space (PLES) in the study area fluctuated, and after 2015, it showed a stable and coordinated development trend. The intensity of human activity continues to increase, and the interaction between human activity and local production–living–ecological space (PLES) function coupling coordination is intense. (4) Conclusions: human activity is a significant factor affecting regional, coordinated and sustainable development. In less developed areas, the impact of human activity is more obvious. Human activity, in combination with the theory of the human–land relationship and the moderate intensity of human activity, are important ways to improve the coordinated and sustainable development of underdeveloped regions.

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Analyzing the Coupling Coordination among Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits of Urban Infrastructure: Case Study of Four Chinese Autonomous Municipalities

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2018/8280328 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yu Sun ◽

Yin Cui

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Urban Infrastructure ◽

Social Benefit ◽

Basic Function ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Necessary Condition ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The Impact ◽

Coordination Degree

Urban infrastructure is a necessary condition for urban development. Its use generates three benefits which are economic, social, and environmental benefits of urban infrastructure. They are the positive impacts on urban economy, society, and environment generated by the use of urban infrastructure, respectively. This paper evaluates the coupling coordination among these three benefits taking four Chinese autonomous municipalities as examples. These four cities have large-scale urban infrastructure but its basic function has not been fully fulfilled. Whether three benefits of urban infrastructure have been developed in harmony or not was unclear. We analyzed the coordinated development among three benefits by constructing coupling coordination degree model and studied the impacts of three benefits on their coupling coordination degree using panel regression model. The results showed that the levels of coordinated development among three benefits of urban infrastructure were low in these four cities and the impact of social benefit on their coordinated development was largest. Therefore, urban infrastructure social benefit needs to be improved mainly in these four cities.

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Assessment Model of Comprehensive Coordination and Sustainable Development for Coastal City

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.616-618.1451 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 616-618 ◽

pp. 1451-1454

Author(s):

Hong Tao Nie ◽

Xiao Fu Xu ◽

Jian Hua Tao

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Coastal City ◽

Composite Indices ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

Indicator Systems ◽

Coordination Degree

Studying on coastal zone sustainable development (CZSD) has become the hot research region, and setting up the indicator systems and the assessment models of CZSD has being become a challenging task. Thirty-six indicators and three composite indices from the dimensions of environment, economy and society subsystems are built and used to assessment the comprehensive coordination degree and sustainable development degree of coastal city in this paper, and analytical hierarchy process and multi-variate statistics analysis method are adopted to determine the indicator’s weight. As a case study, Tianjin was assessed for sustainable development in the period from 2000 to 2010. The results showed that Tianjin was almost in the potentially unsustainable development or intermediate sustainable development.

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Urban Sprawl Sustainability of Mountainous Cities in the Context of Climate Change Adaptability Using a Coupled Coordination Model: A Case Study of Chongqing, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11010020 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 20 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yiming Wang ◽

Pengcheng Xiang

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Metropolitan Area ◽

Urban Sprawl ◽

Regional Differences ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Coordination Model ◽

Coordinated Development Degree ◽

Coordination Degree

In recent years, a noticeable contradiction has emerged between the disorderly sprawl and fragile climate environment of many cities, especially in mountainous cities. Therefore, this paper respectively constructed evaluation indicators for urban sprawl sustainability (USS) and climate change adaptability (CCA). Next, a coupling coordination degree model was used to measure the coordinated development of USS and CCA. Finally, this paper analyzed the coordinated development type of USS and CCA in the Chongqing metropolitan area from 2007 to 2017. The results of this paper show that USS and CCA have gradually shifted to coordinated development in the Chongqing metropolitan area during the study period. However, there were obvious regional differences in the type of coordinated development in the Chongqing metropolitan area. The coordinated development degree of USS and CCA in nine districts ranged from 0.635 to 0.721 in 2017. It can be divided into three types: slightly coordinated development with lagging CCA; slightly coordinated development with lagging USS; and moderately coordinated development with lagging CCA. Those districts should give priority to the use of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), and multi-center and multi-group approaches to enhance the coordinated development between USS and CCA, which is also helpful for mountainous cities in China and other countries.

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Carbon Emissions Trading and Sustainable Development in China: Empirical Analysis Based on the Coupling Coordination Degree Model

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18010089 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Jingru Huang ◽

Jie Shen ◽

Lu Miao

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Economic Development ◽

Socioeconomic Development ◽

Emissions Trading ◽

Coupling Model ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Carbon Emissions Trading ◽

Synergistic Interactions ◽

Trading Scheme ◽

Coordination Degree

Despite the extensive attention paid to emissions trading scheme (ETS) approaches, few studies have examined whether such ETS policies can lead to sustainable development in China. Drawing on the ideas of coupling and synergistic development, this study views sustainable development as the result of the interactions between the economy and the environment and constructs an index system to measure economic development and environmental quality. The system coupling model is used to reflect the synergistic interactions between the economy and the environment systems. The coordination degree model is then used to assess the economic–environmental coupling coordination degree in order to measure sustainable development. The empirical results show that the ETS can help in achieving economic–environmental sustainable development in the pilot cities. Moreover, the better the socioeconomic development of a city, the better effects of the ETS on sustainable development. However, it is more difficult to achieve economic–environmental coordinated development in industrially developed areas (e.g., Guangdong). These findings provide empirical evidence that the market-based ETS could alleviate the conflict between economic development and environmental pollution and could help in achieving sustainable development in emerging economies.

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