Does urban cluster promote the increase of urban eco-efficiency? Evidence from Chinese cities

Huang, Yué; Lin, Li; Yu, Yantuan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.251

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“…Korhonen and Luptacik [18] assessed the eco-efficiency of European power plants using DEA models. Huang et al [19] used the DEA model to measure the eco-efficiency of 273 cities in China. Zhang et al [20] used the three-stage DEA to measure the industrial eco-efficiency of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2013.…”

Section: The Measurement Of Eco-efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The main research methods used include the Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology (IPAT) model or expanded STIRPAT model, which considers the population, affluence, and technology in regression [49]. Huang et al [19] believed that urban agglomeration is conducive to improving urban eco-efficiency, and urban agglomerations benefit urban eco-efficiency through decentralized effects and structural optimization effects. Li et al [50] analyzed the impact of urbanization on China's provincial energy efficiency, and believe that the overall impact of urbanization on energy efficiency in China is negative.…”

Section: The Relationship Between Urbanization and Eco-efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some articles incorporated environmental emissions as input variables into the model [18,21]. Since the Super-SBM model can handle undesirable outputs, we treated the negative impact on the environment as an undesirable output [19]. The details of the input-output indicators are shown in Table 1 below.…”

Section: Input-output Indicators For Eco-efficiency and Data Sourcesmentioning

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The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China

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Urbanization has made tremendous contributions to China’s economic development since its economic reforms and opening up. At the same time, population agglomeration has aggravated environmental pollution and posed serious challenges to China’s environment. This article empirically investigates the impacts of China’s urbanization on eco-efficiency, comprehensively reflecting economic growth, resource input, and waste discharge. We first measured the provincial eco-efficiency in China from 2005 to 2015 using the Super Slack-Based model (Super-SBM). We then constructed a spatial model to empirically analyze the effects of urbanization on eco-efficiency at the national level, and at four regional levels. The results indicated that the regional eco-efficiency in China has fluctuated, but is generally improving, and that a gap between regions was evident, with a trend toward further gap expansion. We observed an effect of spatial spillover in eco-efficiency, which was significant and positive for the whole country, except for the western region. The influence of urbanization on China’s eco-efficiency exhibited a U-curve relationship. The changing trend in the eastern, central, and western regions was the same as that in the whole country; however, the trend exhibited an inverted U-curve relationship in the northeastern region. To the best of our knowledge, covering a time period of 2005–2015, this article is the first of its kind to study the impact of urbanization on eco-efficiency in China at both the national and regional levels. This study may help policy-makers to create sustainable policies that could be helpful in balancing urbanization and the ecological environment.

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The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China

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“…Urbanization increases the sealing of existing drainage basins, which causes, among other effects, changes in the dynamics and size of surface runoff and a decreased intensity of groundwater supply [15,16]. Currently, the uncontrolled and reckless replacement of biologically active areas with impervious surfaces has been observed [17,18]. In catchments that are characterized by a significant percentage of green areas, the transformation of rainfall into surface and underground runoff occurs much more slowly and in a sustainable way [19,20].…”

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An Analysis of Stormwater Management Variants in Urban Catchments

2020

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In order to identify the most effective variants for reducing flood risk in cities and to provide protection for water resources, an in-depth study was carried out. The research results allowed for the identification of sustainable drainage infrastructure solutions that should be used to increase the efficiency of traditional drainage systems. The most effective solution turned out to be the simultaneous use of low impact development facilities and stormwater flow control devices in drainage systems (Variant IV). Applicationof this variant (maximum discharge QOmax = 246.39 dm3/s) allowed for the reduction of the peak flow by as much as 86% in relation to those values that were established in the traditional drainage system (maximum discharge QOmax = 1807.62 dm3/s). The use of Variant IV allowed for a combination of the advantages of low impact development (LID) facilities and stormwater flow control devices in drainage systems while limiting their disadvantages. In practice, the flow of rainwater from the catchment area to the drainage system was limited, the share of green areas increased, and the drainage system retention capacity grew. The proposed approach for reducing the increasing flood risk in cities and providing protection for water resources provides a structured approach to long-term urban drainage system planning and land use guidelines.

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“…De modo geral, a ação ecoeficiente centraliza-se em ocasiões favoráveis de negócios e possibilita apresentação de um perfil ambientalmente responsável e, concomitantemente, a gestão mais efetiva de seus recursos, com impactos em seus resultados financeiros mais lucrativos, como expõe Bleischwitz (2003), ao mesmo tempo em que incentivam a atitude original e, por consequência, a competitividade e o progresso (WBCSD, 2000b). No contexto da supremacia econômica, caso a eficiência econômica seja agrupada à eficiência ambiental, conduz à ecoeficiência (BLEIS-CHWITZ, 2003;YU, 2018). Nessa esfera, entende-se, portanto, que a ecoeficiência faz parte do movimento sustentável também das instituições públicas (SAVITZ;WEBER, 2007;GOMÉZ et al, 2018).…”

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Capacidades ecoeficientes e as interferências no desempenho social: um estudo das unidades federativas do brasil

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2018

R. Ci. Adm.

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O propósito deste estudo é contribuir com as discussões socioambientais no âmbito da gestão governamental, adentrando na relação entre ecoeficiência e desempenho social. O estudo consistiu em um perfil descritivo, com uma abordagem quantitativa cujo processo ocorreu em dois momentos: para estabelecer os scores de ecoeficiência, foi empregada a técnica não paramétrica FDH com o modelo orientado para insumos e na sequência foi utilizada a correlação linear de Pearson, buscando encontrar possível associação entre os constructos investigados. Os resultados evidenciam algumas regiões benchmarking de ecoeficiência, além de apresentar correlação linear negativa moderada, sugerindo que a desigualdade social tende a diminuir à medida que o score de ecoeficiência aumenta. Espera-se que tais resultados norteiem, quanto ao apelo prático, às políticas públicas no que tange à eficiência econômica e ambiental. Não obstante, são designadas contribuições para a comunidade científica quanto ao preenchimento da lacuna de literatura na área em questão.

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Does urban cluster promote the increase of urban eco-efficiency? Evidence from Chinese cities

Cited by 103 publications

References 53 publications

The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China

The Double-Edged Sword of Urbanization and Its Nexus with Eco-Efficiency in China

An Analysis of Stormwater Management Variants in Urban Catchments

Capacidades ecoeficientes e as interferências no desempenho social: um estudo das unidades federativas do brasil

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