Empirical Study on the Performance of Environmental Efficiency in the Chinese Provincial Capital Cities

Yu Zhang (), Jindao Chen, Yitian Ren and Ya Wu
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Yu Zhang: Chongqing University
Jindao Chen: Tongji University
Yitian Ren: Chongqing University
Ya Wu: Chongqing University

A chapter in Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2021, pp 16-28 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Environmental problem produced by energy consumption in China is the issue that immediately needs to be resolved. City is the economic and social center, which is the main machine for the social economic development. Therefore, Environmental protection is the responsibility of every city. Many cities have started the transformation from extensive economic development mode to the sustainable development mode in order to contribute to the environmental-friendly society. Devoting abundant endeavor and resources to environmental protection, yet, it seems that little is known whether the development is effective. This paper estimates the environmental efficiency (EE) of the 30 Chinese provincial capital cities. Based on the Super-slack-based measure (Super-SBM) model with both undesirable and desirable outputs, we adopted to analyze the environmental efficiency performance of 30 provincial capital cities in 2016. The practical results from this research suggest that there are 13 cities were attained to have achieved ideal whole efficiency, giving the environmental efficiency values of larger than 1. The top environmental efficiency performers are Haikou, Guangzhou and Beijing, indicating that the environmental efficiency performance is commonly better located in eastern China. The worst three are Lanzhou, Taiyuan and Xining mainly located in western China. The results from this study provide valuable references to policy-makers and administrators for designing and adopting effective methods to develop the sustainable development in the Chinese cities.

Keywords: Super-SBM model; Environmental efficiency; Undesirable outputs; Sustainable development; Provincial capital cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3977-0_2

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