Research on the Industrial Energy Eco-Efficiency Evolution Characteristics of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the Temporal and Spatial Dimension, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Studied Area
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Super-SBM model Based on Undesirable Output
2.2.2. Non-Parametric Kernel Density Estimation
2.2.3. Spatial Markov Chain
2.3. Construction of the Indicator System
2.3.1. Data Preparation
2.3.2. Indicator System
3. Results
3.1. Analysis on the Status Quo of Industrial Production and Development
3.2. Measurement of Industrial Energy Eco- Efficiency
3.3. Time Evolution Characteristics of the Eco-efficiency of Industrial Energy along the Yangtze River Economic Belt
3.4. Spatial Evolution Characteristics of Eco-efficiency of Industrial Energy in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Indicators | Variables | Breakdown of the Indicators | Unit |
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Industrial Input | Industrial Employees Industrial Water Industrial Power | Industrial Labor Input Amount of Industrial Water Input Industrial Power Input | 10,000 persons 10,000 m3 100 million KWH |
Industrial Diesel | Industrial Diesel Energy Consumption | 10,000 tons | |
Gasoline | Industrial Gasoline Energy Consumption | 10,000 tons | |
Raw Coal | Industrial Raw Coal Consumption | 10,000 tons | |
Undesirable Output | Industrial Waste Gas | Exhaust Emissions Caused by Industrial Production and Development | 100 million Nm3 |
Industrial Wastewater | Wastewater Discharged by Industrial Production | Ton | |
Desirable Output | Industrial Output | Industrial Output Value | 100 million yuan |
1997–2005 | 2006–2015 | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
1 | 0.8074 | 0.1658 | 0.0268 | 0 | 1 | 0.8117 | 0.1393 | 0.0489 | 0 |
2 | 0.0731 | 0.8968 | 0.0302 | 0 | 2 | 0.1447 | 0.8102 | 0.0451 | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0.1168 | 0.8145 | 0.0687 | 3 | 0 | 0.0303 | 0.8605 | 0.1091 |
4 | 0 | 0.0674 | 0.1142 | 0.8183 | 4 | 0 | 0.0538 | 0.1317 | 0.8146 |
Spatial Lag | t/t+1 | 1997–2005 | 2006–2015 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.3333 | 0 | 0.6667 | |
2 | 1 | 0.7500 | 0.1000 | 0.1500 | 0 | 0.5882 | 0.2353 | 0.1765 | 0 |
2 | 0.2222 | 0.5556 | 0.2222 | 0 | 0.2500 | 0.5000 | 0.2500 | 0 | |
3 | 0.1176 | 0.1765 | 0.5294 | 0.1765 | 0.0769 | 0.2308 | 0.6154 | 0.0769 | |
4 | 0 | 0.0833 | 0.2500 | 0.6667 | 0 | 0 | 0.2000 | 0.8000 | |
3 | 1 | 0.6000 | 0.4000 | 0 | 0 | 0.5000 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0.4545 | 0.4545 | 0.0909 | 0 | 0.4000 | 0.6000 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 0 | 0.0909 | 0.8182 | 0.0909 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0833 | 0.9167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | 1 | 0.5000 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9091 | 0 | 0.0909 | |
3 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0.5000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0909 | 0.9091 |
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Tang, Z.; Sun, G.; Fu, M.; Wen, C.; Plenković-Moraj, A. Research on the Industrial Energy Eco-Efficiency Evolution Characteristics of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the Temporal and Spatial Dimension, China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010268
Tang Z, Sun G, Fu M, Wen C, Plenković-Moraj A. Research on the Industrial Energy Eco-Efficiency Evolution Characteristics of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the Temporal and Spatial Dimension, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(1):268. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010268
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Zhonglin, Geng Sun, Min Fu, Chuanhao Wen, and Anđelka Plenković-Moraj. 2020. "Research on the Industrial Energy Eco-Efficiency Evolution Characteristics of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in the Temporal and Spatial Dimension, China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1: 268. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010268