Sustainability assessment of urban residential consumption in China megacity

Ying Qu (), Yue Liu (), Wenhua Wang () and Yaodong Cang ()
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Ying Qu: Dalian University of Technology
Yue Liu: Dalian University of Technology
Wenhua Wang: Dalian University of Technology
Yaodong Cang: Dalian University of Technology

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 5, No 46, 7509-7523

Abstract: Abstract Sustainability is enduring unprecedented challenges, driven by exponential population growth and people’s ever-growing need for a better life. These increasing material and cultural needs have limited human's capability to protect ecosystems. Sustainability assessment is widely used as an effective tool to evaluate current state and propose target measure adjustment. This study constructs a series of indicators on sustainability assessment of urban residential consumption by using emergy ecological footprint method. It is applied to 17 Chinese megacities sustainability assessment of urban residential consumption from 2007 to 2016. The results showed that ecological deficit mainly exists in Jing-Jin-Ji, Yangtze River Delta region and Pearl River Delta region with developed economy. This study divided 17 megacities into four categories, including Shanghai type, Chongqing type, Suzhou type and Xian type, to help government make appropriate policies based on the local conditions.

Keywords: Sustainable consumption; Urban residential consumption; Emergy ecological footprint; Chinese megacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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