[1]WANG Delu,GAO Biao.Evolution Relationship Between Regional Ecological Footprint and Economic Growth and Its Socioeconomic Driving Factors[J].Research of Soil and Water Conservation,2016,23(05):278-284.
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Research of Soil and Water Conservation[ISSN 1005-3409/CN 61-1272/P] Volume:
23
Number of periods:
2016 05
Page number:
278-284
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Public date:
2016-10-28
- Title:
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Evolution Relationship Between Regional Ecological Footprint and Economic Growth and Its Socioeconomic Driving Factors
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WANG Delu1, GAO Biao2
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1. School of Economics and Management, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng, Jilin 137000, China;
2. School of Geography Science, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng, Jilin 137000, China
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- Keywords:
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ecological economics; ecological footprint; economic growth; sustainable development; STIRPAT model; driving factors; Baicheng City
- CLC:
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F062.2;X22
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- Abstract:
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A case study was conducted in Baicheng City of Jilin Province. Evolution relationship between regional ecological footprint and economic growth, and its socioeconomic driving factors are examined based on calculation and dynamic analysis of regional ecological footprint. The ecological footprint per capita, ecological capacity per capita and ecological deficit (surplus) were calculated based on the ecological footprint models from 2003 to 2013, their dynamic changes were analyzed, and the state of sustainable development was evaluated. Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) was used to analyze the evolution relationship between ecological footprint per capita and economic growth. The socioeconomic driving factors of ecological footprint per capita were studied based on STIRPAT model. The results indicate that ecological footprint per capita increased from 1.392 9 hm2 per capita in 2003 to 2.967 0 hm2 per capita in 2013, and ecological capacity per capita increased from 1.785 3 hm2 per capita in 2003 to 3.064 6 hm2 per capita in 2013. In the same period, ecological surplus decreased from 0.392 4 hm2 per capita in 2003 to 0.097 6 hm2 per capita in 2013 because the growth of the former was greater than the latter, and ecological deficit appeared in 2012 which its value was 0.046 8 hm2 per capita, the state of sustainable development began to deteriorate. The evolution curve of ecological footprint per capita and economic growth was spoon-shape, and the turning point will appear in 2014, after 2014, ecological footprint per capita will decrease along with the economic growth. Population, comparable price per capita GDP, the unit GDP energy consumption, second industry ratio, urbanization rate, Engel coefficient were the socioeconomic driving factors on ecological footprint per capita, and their driving force indexes were 0.157 5, 0.164 7, 1.050 0, 0.471 9, 0.020 6 and 0.588 5, respectively. Baicheng City must take effective measures to optimize the industrial layout and energy structure, increase the strength of input and transformation in science and technology, develop ecological economy, strengthen farmland protection and improve the people’s ecology civilization, and then promote the regional sustainability of natural ecological and socioeconomic.