Measuring sustainability at the community level: An overview of China's indicator system on National Demonstration Sustainable Communities

Lu, Yangsiyu; Geng, Yong; Liu, Zhe; Côté, Raymond P.; Yu, Xiaoman

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.105

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“…Wang, Wang, Geng, Wang, and Zhang () presented a social‐economic‐natural approach to measuring regional sustainability in the Yellow River Delta region of China based on emergy theory. Lu, Geng, Liu, Cote, and Yu () reviewed the indicator system of the China National Demonstration Sustainable Communities. They found that the current indicator system provides valuable guidance to help different communities move toward sustainable development, as it reflects political tendencies and evaluates the effectiveness of public policies.…”

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Sustainable consumption in China: New trends and research interests

Shao

2019

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China is currently the largest CO2 emitter in the world and demonstrates one of the highest levels of energy consumption. The sustainable consumption behavior has increased in China, especially in urban cities. Some clear evidence of this includes food purchasing behavior. Recent studies have also suggested that considering full product information transparency, consumers are willing to pay premium prices for products. With this in mind, sustainable consumption must still be facilitated by related policies, regulations, and tools. This study focuses on sustainable consumption behavior in China and collects and analyzes the literature from the last decade (2007–2017) on the topic. In so doing, it highlights new trends and research topics against the background of circular economy development. The method of systematic review is applied. The review is categorized into several main groups: national policies and regulations, the green awareness of consumers, the definition of related concepts, the barriers between sustainable consumption and the circular economy, and the indicators for circular economy assessment in China. Future research directions are discussed. Furthermore, future challenges are addressed from three perspectives: sustainable consumption facilitating the circular economy, “cradle‐to‐cradle” practices, and the link between the European Union and China. This is a fundamental study in the research domain of sustainable consumption behavior. It provides added value that benefits both academic researchers and decision makers. It also sheds light on the further study of sustainable consumption behavior in China from a macroeconomic perspective.

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Sustainable consumption in China: New trends and research interests

Shao

2019

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“…However, few efforts have been made in this regard [18]. This study establishes the index system which is different from most other studies and uses ANP to assign weights to the selected indicators.…”

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“…Clean water resources and Energy saving are beneficial to the health of residents and economic development [18,28] C25: Solid waste management Effective management of wastes to improve environmental cleanliness [16,18] C3: Social development C31: Culture life The diversity of cultural life enhances the life fun of residents [27] C32: Supporting facility Improvement of supporting facilities to improve the convenience of residents [27,29] C33: Supporting service Humanization of supporting services to meet the needs of residents [22,27] C34: Informatization degree…”

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“…Higher degree of informatization improves residents' information reception speed [27,30] C35: Community security Community safety can effectively protect residents' safety [18,27] C36: Community participation Extensive community involvement can improve community governance [31,32] C4: Building performance C41: Building structural Building structure design is beautiful and reasonable to enhance the beauty of buildings [22] C42: Building function Perfect building function can protect residents' needs [22,28] C43: Building quality The quality of the building is intact to ensure the safety of residents [16,22] C44: Floor area ratio A small volume ratio means fewer floors and better indoor lighting. [27,33] C45: Building density Small building density ensures that the building spacing is large, resulting in a higher greening rate [27,30] rate, community residents crime level, public participation, and the number of higher education students.…”

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“…Some studies have proposed an evaluation index system and consider that the importance of each indicator is consistent or even ignore the weight of indicator; this method does not meet the actual situation [16]. Meanwhile, most of the previous index systems use quantifiable indicators as the evaluation criteria and use the relatively macroscopic panel data for evaluation [17,18]. The data, namely, population growth rate and average annual growth rate of GDP, are relatively easy to obtain, but they are too macro and cannot be used as a typical indicator to measure sustainable development of the community.…”

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Measuring sustainability at the community level: An overview of China's indicator system on National Demonstration Sustainable Communities

Cited by 42 publications

References 33 publications

Sustainable consumption in China: New trends and research interests

Sustainable consumption in China: New trends and research interests

Research on the Hybrid ANP-FCE Approach of Urban Community Sustainable Construction Problem

Facilitating mechanism of green products purchasing with a premium price—Moderating by sustainability‐related information

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