Evaluation of Green Cities in the Drainage Area of China’s Beijing–Hangzhou Canal

Shi, Fei; Lu, Yuanyuan; Wu, Fan; Wang, Chengxiang; Hsu, Wei-Ling

doi:10.3390/w13162145

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“…Per capita public transportation ownership was chosen to indicate the building of green transport, which helps to improve urban transport efficiency and air quality 44 . Considering the change in construction mode, a high proportion of green buildings can accelerate the process of low-carbon development, reduce urban water consumption and improve the disposal of domestic waste 45 . Per capita water use and the rate of non-destructive disposal of domestic waste represent the impact and response of building activities, respectively 44 , 46 .…”

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Assessment of spatio-temporal evolution trends and driving factors of green development in Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration

Tang,

Yuan,

Tian

2023

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As China has entered a new stage of high-quality development, clarifying the mechanism and spatial characteristics of green development for urban agglomerations are critical to sustainable development. Based on the data of 11 major cities in the Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration (HCUA) from 2010 to 2020, this study constructs an evaluation system of green development index (GDI) is composed of four dimensions, i.e. urban green construction (UGC), industrial green development (IGD), resource and environmental carrying capacity (RECC), and technological innovation support (TIS). Furthermore, using the entropy weight method to obtain the weights of evaluation indicators. And then, the comprehensive index calculation is used to evaluate the GDI. The driving factors of each level of GDI are determined by the Pearson correlation coefficient. The results infer some novel findings as follows: (1) the overall tendency of the GDI of the HCUA has gradually increased from 0.358 in 2010 to 0.379 in 2020 which is at the average level. The dimension of TIS shows the highest rate of contribution while IGD and RECC show a fluctuating trend over the time window. (2) The GDI in the HCUA exhibits a patchy clustering differentiation feature that spreads from the central area to the surrounding areas with a “high in the south and low in the north” pattern. Specifically, Changchun, Harbin, and Daqing form an “inverted triangle” structure in geographical location to drive the green development of neighboring areas. (3) The core cities of the HCUA, Changchun, and Harbin, show a much higher level than the other cities. Jilin and Daqing are at the average level, and besides, the rest of the cities of GDI are at the poor level with significant fluctuations in ranking. (4) There are different driving factors between each level of GDI. For cities with good and average levels should focus on protecting resources and the environment. Meanwhile, cities with poor level of GDI need to improve IGD to optimize the urban green structure. Thus, it is suggested to strengthen the flow of factors and implement differentiated strategies to promote coordinated development and spatial clustering.

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Assessment of spatio-temporal evolution trends and driving factors of green development in Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration

Tang,

Yuan,

Tian

2023

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“…The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the longest artificial canal in the world, and a vast waterway system stretching on the eastern plain of China for 1794 km, starting from Beijing in the north and ending in Hangzhou in the south. It is one of the largest water conservancy projects in human history, linking up five major rivers in China [26,27]. Dating back to the 5th century BCE, it was added to the World Cultural Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 22 June 2014 [28].…”

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Evaluation of the Sustainable Use of Land Resources in the Cities along the Jiangsu Section of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal

Shi

Lu²,

Chen

et al. 2023

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Sustainable development is an important topic of urban research. The rational use of land resources is of great significance for urban development and is conducive to promoting regional governance and coordinated development. The purpose of this study was to construct an effective evaluation framework for urban land resources to maintain sustainable urban development. Taking the cities along the Jiangsu Section of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal as the research object, this study constructed an evaluation system for the sustainable use of land resources including the dimensions of economic level, social development, and environmental resources. The statistical data for 2010, 2015, and 2020 were selected to comprehensively calculate and evaluate the level of sustainable use of land resources in the study area via the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-entropy combined weight method, which combines the analytic hierarchy process and the entropy weight method. According to the research results, the sustainable use of land resources in the study area presented an overall upward trend from 2010 to 2015, and an overall downward trend from 2015 to 2020. Overall, the study area was in a critically sustainable stage, although the annual change rate of the level of sustainable use of land resources showed significant fluctuations and exhibited a spatial pattern of progressive increase from north to south. The cities in southern Jiangsu were in the initially sustainable and basically sustainable stages; those in central Jiangsu were in the critically sustainable and initially sustainable stages; and those in northern Jiangsu were in the unsustainable and critically sustainable stages. This study proposed a scientific and effective evaluation method for cities along the Grand Canal to explore the efficient, sustainable use of land resources in the future. The evaluation framework constructed on this basis can serve as an important reference for urban governance and is expected to guide the sustainable use and development of land resources for other cities of the same type.

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“…Research on the social and economic pattern of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal region primarily focuses on various aspects, encompassing tourism resources, green ecology, livelihood construction, cultural heritage, and innovative patterns [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Additionally, there are studies investigating the interrelationships between these aspects, such as comprehensive research on cultural heritage tourism, ecological-cultural coupling research, tourism-ecology coupling research, regional cultural research, and economic innovation coupling [19][20][21][22].…”

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Analysis of Regional Social–Economic Spatial Pattern and Evolution along the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal

Bian,

Zhang,

Kong

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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With the proposal of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal Cultural Belt, the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal has become an indispensable component of China’s economic development pattern. Despite relatively high regional-economic-development levels along the canal, there still exists a common imbalance in regional development which will hinder the high-quality collaborative development of the region, highlighting the importance of measuring this disparity. This study adopts the district and county as spatial scales and selects five dimensions: economic growth, livelihood benefits, green ecology, innovation drive, and food guarantee in order to construct a comprehensive socio-economic index. Entropy weight method, Moran index, and Theil index analyses are used to examine the recent ten-year evolution laws in regional socio-economic spatial patterns along the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal. Results indicate that socio-economic indicators designed for each dimension effectively measure both individual districts’ and counties’ economic situations as well as those of entire regions. In 2021, limited significance was observed regarding the level of regional economic agglomeration along the Grand Canal region, suggesting a tendency towards fragmented development rather than forming a well-coordinated model. Over the decade from 2011 to 2021, there was an increase in social and economic agglomeration. From a city unit perspective, developmental disparities among districts and counties within cities follow three distinct patterns. Cities at different stages of development can learn from each other’s models to enhance integration cooperation and collectively promote high-quality economic advancements in the Grand Canal region.

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Evaluation of Green Cities in the Drainage Area of China’s Beijing–Hangzhou Canal

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Assessment of spatio-temporal evolution trends and driving factors of green development in Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration

Assessment of spatio-temporal evolution trends and driving factors of green development in Harbin-Changchun urban agglomeration

Evaluation of the Sustainable Use of Land Resources in the Cities along the Jiangsu Section of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal

Analysis of Regional Social–Economic Spatial Pattern and Evolution along the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal

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