Evaluating Green City Development in Coastal Regions of East China

Abstract

Li J.L., 2019. Evaluating green city developments in coastal regions of East China. In: Gong, D.; Zhu, H., and Liu, R. (eds.), Selected Topics in Coastal Research: Engineering, Industry, Economy, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 94, pp. 78–82. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.In the face of economic globalization and strained resources, the development of green economies is inevitable. The construction of green cities is an important aspect of green economic development and its connotations. Accelerating the construction of green cities is a growing trend. The construction of a green city is a complex integrated project and requires a comprehensive evaluation index system and a scientific evaluation model. In this study that fully implement the plan for promoting political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological progress. The analytic process and evaluation methods, including the frequency statistics method, theoretical analysis, and expert consultation, were used to construct the evaluation system and the green city multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model. Taking the coastal city of Shanghai in East China as an example, this paper evaluates the degree of low-carbon green development in Shanghai, carries out empirical research, and promotes the low-carbon green development of coastal cities.