Abstract
The urban environment and resources are currently on course that is unsustainable in the long run due to excessive human pursuit of economic goals. Thus, it is very important to develop a model to analyse the relationship between urban economic development and environmental resource protection during the process of rapid urbanisation. This paper proposed a model to identify the key factors in urban environment and resource regulation based on a green GDP accounting system, which consisted of four parts: economy, society, resource, and environment. In this model, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method and a modified Pearl curve model were combined to allow for dynamic evaluation, with higher green GDP value as the planning target. The model was applied to the environmental and resource planning problem of Wuyishan City, and the results showed that energy use was a key factor that influenced the urban environment and resource development. Biodiversity and air quality were the most sensitive factors that influenced the value of green GDP in the city. According to the analysis, the urban environment and resource planning could be improved for promoting sustainable development in Wuyishan City.
Highlights
During the process of rapid urbanisation, many countries or regions excessively pursue economic development goals like gross domestic product (GDP) (GDP, an important indicator of the economic development level of a country, is the monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country over a period of 1 year), while ignoring the integrity of the urban ecosystem
We proposed a model of the environment and resources planning and management based on a mathematical green GDP accounting method, which incorporated ecosystem services
This method can reflect the comprehensive state of a city, both in terms of the economy and environment, as well as understanding their implications for urban ecological regulation
Summary
During the process of rapid urbanisation, many countries or regions excessively pursue economic development goals like gross domestic product (GDP) (GDP, an important indicator of the economic development level of a country, is the monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country over a period of 1 year), while ignoring the integrity of the urban ecosystem. Cities are confronted with increasingly relevant biophysical limitations due to the deterioration of natural resources and the environment during these periods of impressive economic growth [1]. Because of this deterioration, various regulations have targeted the urban environment and resource protection to make cities more ecologically resilient [2,3,4,5]. It is efficient to manage the environment and resources by methods of economic regulation In this vein, green GDP is a general indicator of economic regulation for environmental protection and resource protection. Measuring green GDP can be used by environmentalists to track the provision of nature’s benefits over time to hold governments accountable or to compare environmental conditions among different cities [8]
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