Assessment of Ecological Sustainability of Resource-based City—A Case Study of Hancheng City, China

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10.2991/iceep-18.2018.275How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Ecological footprint; resource-based city; ecological sustainability index; ecological carrying capacity

Abstract

To assessment the sustainability of resource-based city development from the perspective of ecology, this paper evaluates the sustainable development level and ecological security of HanCheng City with combined method of ecological footprint and the sustainable development index. The results show that the ecological deficit of the resource-based city is 2.7877 hm2/per capita, resulting in low levels of the sustainable development and ecological safety. The main reason for the problem lies in the high dependence on fossil energy industry, which makes the demand for energy land much larger than the supply. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the ecological carrying capacity from the aspects of improving the efficiency of resource utilization, adjusting the industrial structure and transforming the mode of economic growth.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yan Zhu
AU  - Lihui Zhou
AU  - Xuan Zhang
AU  - Jun Zhang
AU  - Hongxia Du
AU  - Lanzhou Xu
AU  - Pengkang Jin
AU  - Bizhou Ge
PY  - 2018/09
DA  - 2018/09
TI  - Assessment of Ecological Sustainability of Resource-based City—A Case Study of Hancheng City, China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 7th International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1539
EP  - 1543
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceep-18.2018.275
DO  - 10.2991/iceep-18.2018.275
ID  - Zhu2018/09
ER  -