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Assessing Regional Sustainability Using a Model of Coordinated Development Index: A Case Study of Mainland China
Yang, Qing; Ding, Yang; Vries, Bauke de; Han, Qi; Ma, Huimin - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9282-9304
From a holistic view, this paper addresses a perspective of coordinated development of economy, society, and …, a coordinated development index model focusing on the level of coordination among the subsystems as well as their … comprehensive development level is established. Furthermore, an empirical study of all the provinces and municipalities is conducted …
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Sustainability Assessment of Solid Waste Management in China: A Decoupling and Decomposition Analysis
Chen, Xingpeng; Pang, Jiaxing; Zhang, Zilong; Li, Hengji - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9268-9281
As the largest solid waste (SW) generator in the world, China is facing serious pollution issues induced by increasing quantities of SW. The sustainability assessment of SW management is very important for designing relevant policy for further improving the overall efficiency of solid waste...
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Analysis and Projection of the Relationship between Industrial Structure and Land Use Structure in China
Jin, Qin; Deng, Xiangzheng; Wang, Zhan; Shi, Chenchen; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9343-9370
structure changes. The transformation of the structure of industrial development and land use has driven economic structure …
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A Spatial Optimization Model for Sustainable Land Use at Regional Level in China: A Case Study for Poyang Lake Region
Chen, Wenbo; Carsjens, Gerrit J.; Zhao, Lihong; Li, Haifeng - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 35-55
Economic growth in China is accompanied by many problems, such as rapid deterioration of the environment and a sharp decline in the area of arable land. China’s current land-use planning system fails to deal with these problems, especially at the regional level. The lack of sustainable spatial...
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Topographical Characteristics of Agricultural Potential Productivity during Cropland Transformation in China
Li, Yuejiao; Yang, Xiaohuan; Cai, Hongyan; Xiao, Linlin; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2014) 1, pp. 96-110
agricultural development in the future. This study suggests that researchers focus not only on the total area of expanded cropland …
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Seasonal Imbalances in Natural Gas Imports in Major Northeast Asian Countries: Variations, Reasons, Outlooks and Countermeasures
Kong, Zhaoyang; Dong, Xiucheng; Zhou, Zhongbing - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1690-1711
promote the sustainable development of NGI. …
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External Benefit Evaluation of Renewable Energy Power in China for Sustainability
Zhao, Huiru; Guo, Sen - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 4783-4805
energy power can provide a reference for the Chinese government to set diverse development goals and to implement … differentiated supporting policies for different renewable energy power types, which can promote their sustainable development. In … supporting PV power should be put in place to promote the harmonious and sustainable development of the whole renewable energy …
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Household Livelihood Strategies and Dependence on Agriculture in the Mountainous Settlements in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China
Xu, Dingde; Zhang, Jifei; Rasul, Golam; Liu, Shaoquan; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 4850-4869
This study explores the extent to which farmers in the Three Gorges Reservoir area remain highly dependent on agriculture despite rapid urbanization and industrialization. The study focuses on the factors that determine a household’s choice of livelihood strategy, with a particular focus on...
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Is It Feasible for China to Optimize Oil Import Source Diversification?
Xu, Jian; Zhang, Jin-Suo; Yao, Qin; Zhang, Wei - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 8329-8341
In 2013, China imported 282 million tons of crude oil with an external dependence of 58.1%, surpassing the USA as the world’s largest net oil importer. An import source diversification strategy has been adopted by China to ensure oil supply security and to prevent oil supply disruption....
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Understanding Relationships among Agro-Ecosystem Services Based on Emergy Analysis in Luancheng County, North China
Ma, Fengjiao; Eneji, A. Egrinya; Liu, Jintong - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 8700-8719
Exploring the relationship between different services has become the focus of ecosystem services research in recent years. The agro-ecosystem, which accounts for one-third of the global land area, provides lots of services but also disservices, depending on resources provided by other systems....
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