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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 138-151.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2022.00170

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Sustainable development evaluation of nine provinces in the Yellow River Basin based on energy ecological footprint

Chengjun Wang1(), Jingxiang Tang1(), Tao Feng1, Chuanjia Du1, Binglin Zhang2   

  1. 1.School of Management,Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology,Xi'an 710055,China
    2.Shaanxi Mineral Resources and Geological Survey,Xi'an 710068,China
  • Received:2022-11-25 Revised:2022-12-22 Online:2023-05-20 Published:2023-05-31
  • Contact: Jingxiang Tang

Abstract:

Understanding the sustainable development level of each province in the Yellow River Basin can guide the formulation and implementation of high-quality development policies in the Yellow River Basin. Taking nine provinces in the Yellow River Basin as the research object, the four evaluation indicators of footprint depth, ecological utilization efficiency index, eco-economic coordination index and ecological footprint diversity index are calculated based on the improved energy ecological footprint model, on which the entropy weight method is used to calculate the comprehensive sustainable development index to evaluate the comprehensive sustainable development level of the nine provinces of the Yellow River Basin from 2009 to 2020. The results show that: (1) From 2009 to 2020, the footprint depth of all provinces except Qinghai Province exceeds 1; (2) From 2009 to 2020, all provinces show an overall decreasing trend in the ecological utilization efficiency index, among which Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has the largest decrease of 57.55%; (3) From 2009 to 2020, the ecological and economic coordination indexes of four provinces, namely Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, do not exceed 1.05, all of which are lower than those of the remaining provinces; (4) From 2009 to 2020, the ecological footprint diversity indexes of Gansu Province all exceed 1, all of which are higher than those of the remaining provinces; (5) From 2009 to 2020, both Sichuan and Qinghai provinces are at sustainable development level, Gansu and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region fluctuate between fairly sustainable and slightly unsustainable, and the rest of the provinces are at unsustainable development level, among which Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region fluctuates between slightly unsustainable and fairly unsustainable, Shandong and Henan Province are at fairly unsustainable year-round, Shanxi Province fluctuates between fairly unsustainable and very unsustainable, and Shaanxi Province is very unsustainable year-round. In the future, sustainable development strategies need to be developed and implemented according to local conditions to promote high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.

Key words: Yellow River basin, high-quality development, sustainable development level, energy ecological footprint

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