 Structural and regional variations of natural resource production in China based on exergyQier An, Haizhong An, Lang Wang and Xuan Huang Energy, 2014, vol. 74, issue C, 67-77 Abstract: In the present article, natural resource production in China during 2000–2011 was investigated on the basis of exergy as a unified indicator to demonstrate the structural and regional variation of this country's resource supply. Using exergy, different types of resources may be added and compared. The major natural resources produced in China were divided into five categories: energy resources, agricultural products, forest products, fishery and rangeland products and mineral products. After calculating the exergy content of each resource, the total quantity and structure of resource production as well as its variations were analyzed at the country and province levels. Subsequently, cluster analysis was used to classify 30 provinces on the basis of their characteristics in resource production. These results showed that the total amount of China's resource production had increased. The main resource-producing provinces had changed from the eastern regions to the western regions and from the southern regions to the northern regions. For most types of resources, the main resource-producing provinces had changed significantly. Keywords: Exergy; Natural resource production; Regional distribution; Resource structure; Cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:74:y:2014:i:c:p:67-77 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.030 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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