| Title |
Promoting regional sustainability by eco-province construction in China: A critical assessment |
| ID_Doc |
25018 |
| Authors |
Wang, YT; Sun, MX; Wang, RQ; Lou, F |
| Title |
Promoting regional sustainability by eco-province construction in China: A critical assessment |
| Year |
2015 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.003 |
| Abstract |
The regional level has been recognized as a good scale for implementing actions towards sustainable development (SD). An important pathway to improve regional sustainability is to locally carry out longterm ecological planning. In order to reduce environmental impacts from fast economic growth, several eastern provinces of China began Ecological Province Construction (EPC) at the end of 1990s. This paper presented a case for analyzing the progress of EPC in China via both qualitative and quantitative methods. We studied Shandong Eco-province Construction (SEPC) and evaluated its outcomes with its pre-set indicators in 2003-2010. A further evaluation with eco-efficiency and de-linking indices was conducted. The results indicated the pre-set indicators could not effectively reflect of the ecological province construction. It was recommended to introduce an evaluated framework combined with eco-efficiency and de-linking indices to indicate ecological planning at the regional scale. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; Eco-efficiency; Regional sustainability; Shandong Province; Sustainable development |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000349574800016 |
| WoS Category |
Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Biodiversity & Conservation; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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