Regional Assessment of Land and Water Carrying Capacity and Utilization Efficiency in China

Changchun Tan, Qinhong Peng, Tao Ding and Zhixiang Zhou
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Changchun Tan: School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
Qinhong Peng: School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
Tao Ding: School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China
Zhixiang Zhou: School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: In response to the severe situation of water and land resources in China, this paper uses the DPSIR (driving force–pressure–state–impact–response) model and two-stage network DEA (data envelopment analysis) model to evaluate the carrying capacity and utilization efficiency of land and water resources in 31 provinces of China from 2009 to 2017. The empirical results show that the carrying capacity and the efficiency values of land and water resources in most areas of China do not perform well and show a downward trend during the sample period. Specifically, the carrying capacity of land and water resources show a decreasing trend from north to south and from east to west. In addition, the response to the current situation of land and water resources has an important influence on the carrying capacity. The utilization efficiency of water and soil resources is significantly different in the two stages in most regions, indicating that the efficiency of economic benefit transformation is far greater than land and water resources development. Our results shed some insights on land and water utilization efficiency management and provide political recommendations for different regions.

Keywords: carrying capacity; DPSIR model; network DEA model; utilization efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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