Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Development under Environmental Constraints: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Methods
3. Analysis
3.1. Indicator Selection
3.2. Results
3.3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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City | M-L Index | |||||||
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | |
South Jiangsu | 0.9434 | 0.9669 | 1.0083 | 1.0040 | 1.0221 | 1.0163 | 1.0711 | 1.0730 |
Nanjing | 0.9643 | 0.9567 | 0.9943 | 0.9631 | 0.9898 | 0.9747 | 0.9804 | 1.0008 |
Wuxi | 0.9477 | 0.9491 | 1.0039 | 1.0287 | 1.0446 | 1.0077 | 1.1246 | 1.0715 |
Changzhou | 1.0303 | 0.9177 | 1.0012 | 1.0271 | 1.0838 | 1.0356 | 1.0882 | 1.1361 |
Suzhou | 0.8485 | 1.0315 | 1.0232 | 1.0559 | 0.9898 | 1.0613 | 1.1844 | 1.1493 |
Zhenjiang | 0.9265 | 0.9795 | 1.0190 | 0.9453 | 1.0026 | 1.0020 | 0.9779 | 1.0071 |
Middle Jiangsu | 0.9656 | 0.9676 | 1.0062 | 0.9568 | 0.9785 | 1.0265 | 0.9717 | 0.9963 |
Nantong | 0.9554 | 0.9919 | 0.9978 | 0.9278 | 0.9651 | 1.0189 | 1.0538 | 0.9808 |
Taizhou | 0.9970 | 0.9441 | 0.9836 | 0.9629 | 0.9848 | 0.9794 | 0.9888 | 0.9920 |
Yangzhou | 0.9445 | 0.9670 | 1.0370 | 0.9796 | 0.9857 | 1.0813 | 0.8724 | 1.0160 |
North Jiangsu | 0.9947 | 0.9151 | 1.0007 | 0.9820 | 0.9603 | 1.0126 | 1.0469 | 1.0363 |
Xuzhou | 1.0120 | 0.9460 | 1.0037 | 1.0303 | 1.0011 | 1.0167 | 1.0317 | 1.0266 |
Lianyungang | 1.0342 | 0.8830 | 1.0563 | 0.9691 | 0.9485 | 1.0732 | 1.1219 | 1.0851 |
Huaian | 1.0193 | 0.8978 | 1.0411 | 0.9182 | 0.8826 | 1.0872 | 1.0699 | 1.1335 |
Yancheng | 0.9399 | 0.9187 | 0.9003 | 0.9863 | 0.9662 | 0.9694 | 0.9781 | 0.9464 |
Suqian | 0.9682 | 0.9302 | 1.0023 | 1.0061 | 1.0033 | 0.9164 | 1.0331 | 0.9901 |
City | TC Index | |||||||
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | |
South Jiangsu | 0.9073 | 0.9944 | 1.0027 | 0.9772 | 1.0089 | 1.0134 | 1.0702 | 1.0840 |
Nanjing | 0.9673 | 0.9509 | 0.9754 | 0.9582 | 0.9835 | 0.9781 | 0.9939 | 1.0034 |
Wuxi | 0.9439 | 0.9277 | 1.0097 | 1.0258 | 1.0361 | 1.0148 | 1.0711 | 1.1039 |
Changzhou | 0.9322 | 1.0259 | 1.0193 | 1.0360 | 1.0108 | 1.0339 | 1.1455 | 1.1462 |
Suzhou | 0.7731 | 1.0776 | 1.0097 | 0.9265 | 1.0092 | 1.0458 | 1.1742 | 1.1730 |
Zhenjiang | 0.9199 | 0.9901 | 0.9994 | 0.9398 | 1.0047 | 0.9945 | 0.9662 | 0.9934 |
Middle Jiangsu | 0.9509 | 0.9750 | 0.9696 | 0.9473 | 0.9853 | 0.9943 | 0.9999 | 0.9919 |
Nantong | 0.9607 | 0.9688 | 0.9730 | 0.9184 | 0.9697 | 1.0152 | 1.0473 | 1.0013 |
Taizhou | 0.9620 | 0.9633 | 0.9390 | 0.9749 | 0.9818 | 0.9738 | 0.9821 | 0.9818 |
Yangzhou | 0.9300 | 0.9929 | 0.9969 | 0.9487 | 1.0043 | 0.9940 | 0.9701 | 0.9926 |
North Jiangsu | 0.9788 | 0.9127 | 0.9951 | 0.9417 | 0.9353 | 1.0272 | 1.0174 | 1.0326 |
Xuzhou | 0.9748 | 0.9570 | 1.0075 | 1.0116 | 1.0112 | 1.0104 | 1.0148 | 1.0685 |
Lianyungang | 1.0120 | 0.8464 | 1.0349 | 0.8739 | 0.8985 | 1.0744 | 1.1286 | 1.0992 |
Huaian | 1.0135 | 0.8435 | 1.0356 | 0.9035 | 0.8191 | 1.0812 | 1.0063 | 1.0932 |
Yancheng | 0.9284 | 0.9150 | 0.9074 | 0.9511 | 0.9445 | 0.9764 | 0.9593 | 0.9128 |
Suqian | 0.9654 | 1.0016 | 0.9901 | 0.9686 | 1.0033 | 0.9935 | 0.9777 | 0.9891 |
City | EC Index | |||||||
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2009–2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2012 | 2012–2013 | 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | 2016–2017 | |
South Jiangsu | 0.9925 | 1.0156 | 1.0032 | 1.0023 | 1.0130 | 1.0021 | 0.9945 | 1.0020 |
Nanjing | 0.9962 | 1.0051 | 1.0193 | 1.0044 | 1.0064 | 0.9962 | 0.9863 | 0.9974 |
Wuxi | 1.0024 | 1.0217 | 0.9943 | 1.0005 | 1.0072 | 0.9930 | 1.0347 | 0.9650 |
Changzhou | 1.0343 | 0.9707 | 0.9822 | 0.9907 | 1.0727 | 1.0004 | 0.9433 | 1.0624 |
Suzhou | 0.9257 | 1.0913 | 1.0005 | 1.0117 | 0.9807 | 1.0132 | 0.9964 | 0.9716 |
Zhenjiang | 1.0040 | 0.9891 | 1.0194 | 1.0041 | 0.9979 | 1.0076 | 1.0119 | 1.0137 |
Middle Jiangsu | 1.0110 | 0.9790 | 1.0293 | 0.9888 | 0.9943 | 1.0257 | 1.0071 | 0.9834 |
Nantong | 0.9933 | 1.0237 | 1.0255 | 0.9483 | 0.9946 | 1.0034 | 1.1174 | 0.9101 |
Taizhou | 1.0268 | 0.9396 | 1.0225 | 0.9864 | 1.0068 | 0.9860 | 1.0063 | 1.0167 |
Yangzhou | 1.0129 | 0.9735 | 1.0399 | 1.0318 | 0.9815 | 1.0877 | 0.8976 | 1.0235 |
North Jiangsu | 1.0150 | 0.9788 | 1.0017 | 1.0081 | 0.9786 | 0.9772 | 1.0063 | 1.0191 |
Xuzhou | 1.0387 | 0.9860 | 0.9962 | 1.0179 | 0.9900 | 1.0061 | 1.0141 | 0.9595 |
Lianyungang | 1.0216 | 0.9297 | 1.0107 | 0.9528 | 0.9957 | 0.9960 | 0.9234 | 0.9841 |
Huaian | 1.0055 | 1.0540 | 1.0036 | 1.0122 | 0.9180 | 1.0023 | 1.0387 | 1.0317 |
Yancheng | 1.0084 | 0.9966 | 0.9857 | 1.0186 | 0.9895 | 0.9591 | 0.9941 | 1.1191 |
Suqian | 1.0007 | 0.9276 | 1.0123 | 1.0390 | 1.0000 | 0.9225 | 1.0614 | 1.0010 |
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Wang, Y.; Yuan, G.; Yan, Y.; Zhang, X. Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Development under Environmental Constraints: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031049
Wang Y, Yuan G, Yan Y, Zhang X. Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Development under Environmental Constraints: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China. Sustainability. 2020; 12(3):1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031049
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yaqiong, Guanghui Yuan, Ying Yan, and Xueliang Zhang. 2020. "Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Development under Environmental Constraints: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China" Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12031049