Ecological industrial model research and application to the automobile industrial park:a case of Changchun Automobile Industrial Development Zone

Abstract

Following the development of Industrial Ecology(IE) and the widespread promotion of Circular Economy(CE),Eco-Industrial Parks(EIP) have been rapidly developed throughout the world and become a new industrial paradigm of the 21~(st)century.EIP and CE aim to optimize the integrated benefits of environment,economics and society in the park.With the exchange of all kinds of flows including materials,energy,information,etc.,EIP forms a mutually beneficial network.Through infrastructure and information sharing,members of EIP can realize energy cascading and material recycle.The EIP has been considered to be an important approach to sustainable development.Automobile industries need to consume lots of resources and energy.With rapid development of automobile industries,the contradiction between automobile industrial development and environmental protection becomes more and more acute.As a pillar industry of Changchun,automobile industries are the base of economic development which also causes serious environmental problems.Changchun Automobile Industrial Development Zone(AIDZ) is a symbiosis of automobile industrial enterprises that agglomerate tightly.It has the potential to become a paradigm of automobile EIP based on the principle of industrial ecology.The study of ecological industrial model of Changchun AIDZ is important for the sustainable development of automobile industries in Changchun.This paper uses the methods and measures for the EIP planning nation-wide and worldwide for reference,basing on the present industrial development and resource recycle and comprehensive utilization system of the AIDZ,through designing ecological industrial chains,integrating industrial ecosystems,compartmentalizing the ecological functions of the members,analysing the metabolism of the EIP,calculating the substance balance and carrying out the spatial arrangement of the main projects,this paper gives out an overall planning framework of Changchun automobile EIP.According to the above-mentioned problems which may occur in the future development of the EIP, countermeasures and suggestions are put forward to provide references for future development and better solving the contradiction between automobile industries and environmental protection.