Abstract
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.
Highlights
Green growth is becoming an important trend in the sustainable development of the global economy and society at large
Based on the above principles and systemic ideas for constructing green growth in cities, relevant domestic and foreign indicators are compounded, and the urban green growth evaluation index system is constructed in accordance with the actual situation of 16 cities in Anhui
The results show that of the 16 cities in Anhui, the green growth development level of Hefei and Huangshan from 2013 to 2017 is characterized as medium-high carbon, and the other 14 cities belong in the high-carbon category
Summary
Green growth is becoming an important trend in the sustainable development of the global economy and society at large. The low-carbon economy is a new economic form and development model for the comprehensive development of economic society and the ecological environment It is guided by the science of sustainable development through technological and institutional innovation, the development of new energy sources, industrial transformation, and other means that will change energy consumption patterns and structures, improve energy efficiency, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions [1,2]. According to Chinese government statistics, cities hold more than half of the world’s population but consume 75% of the world’s energy and generate 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions [5,6]. In this context, cities shoulder the responsibility of energy conservation and emissions reduction, which are essential to green growth
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