Analysis on the Mechanism and Influencing Factors of the Coordinated Development of Economy and Environment in China’s Resource-Based Cities

Quan Li,Min Zhou,Mengqi Quan,Qing Xia,Quan Guo

doi:10.3390/su14052929

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Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Mar 2, 2022
Citations: 8	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: China University of Mining and Technology

Abstract

In order to explore how to achieve the coordinated development of the economy and environment, this paper uses the logistic model to verify that the city economy and the environment can achieve coordinated symbiosis. Next, an evaluation index system was used as empirical testing in order to measure the performance of the economy and environment. Further, the degree of coupling and coordination between them was obtained, and an econometric model was used to find the factors that affect the coordination and symbiosis between them. Finally, the following conclusions were obtained: (1) Resource-based cities of different development types do not show obvious differences in environmental carrying capacity and are basically at a medium carrying capacity level. (2) The level of the economic strength of resource-based cities is constantly improving, although with short-term fluctuations but with a general pace of improvement. (3) The synergy between economy and environment in resource-based cities is not high that the environment lags behind obviously. (4) The factors affecting the coordinated development of the environment and economy of resource-based cities are the annual average population and industrial wastewater discharge, which are contributing to the coordinated development of the economy and environment in resource-based cities. At the same time, the proportion of secondary industry in GDP, investment in fixed assets, and comprehensive utilization rate of general industrial solid waste inhibit the coordinated development of the economy and environment in resource-based cities. Based on the above conclusions, the paper puts forward relevant countermeasures and suggestions.

Highlights

Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutralSince the implementation of the reform and opening up in 1978, China’s economy has continued to develop at high speed and has made world-renowned achievements, but at the same time, it has brought environmental degradation
The environmental carrying capacity evaluation index is used as the evaluation index of the environmental subsystem to evaluate the coupling coordination degree
In order to meet the requirements of the new normal of the economy, long-term development indicators are emphasized while the short-term nature is downplayed, and the focus on economic development is shifted from speed to quality

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Since the implementation of the reform and opening up in 1978, China’s economy has continued to develop at high speed and has made world-renowned achievements, but at the same time, it has brought environmental degradation. How to maintain harmony between the economy and environment becomes an insurmountable barrier during the development of many countries. Based on the analysis of the current problems of China’s ecological environment, many experts and scholars believe that this is caused by the contradiction between China’s extensive economic growth mode and environmental protection. The most typical environmental problem is caused by the exploitation of resources, especially in resource-based cities. For a long time in the past, China’s economic development has depended on the economy of the resource-based cities, which have played a dominant role in economic development to some extent. With the rapid and stable economic development of other cities, with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations

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