HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2021, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (3): 179-189.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2021.03.036

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Evaluation of sustainable utilization of natural resources in the Yangtze river economic belt: Based on the improved three-dimensional ecological footprint model

ZHANG Lu, XIA Zheng-yi   

  1. Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
  • Received:2020-05-07 Published:2021-02-25

Abstract: Based on the three-dimensional ecological footprint model, this study selected the footprint breadth and ecological footprint depth of nine provinces and two cities in the Yangtze river economic belt from 2007 to 2017 as the research focus, and analyzed the dynamic characteristics of natural capital in the Yangtze river basin by using indicators such as utilization rate of capital flow and utilization ratio of stock flow. The results show that the three-dimensional ecological footprint of the Yangtze river economic belt is increasing, the change rate of footprint breadth and footprint depth is generally changing in the same direction, and the fluctuation gradually tends to be stable after 2015, and the footprint breadth and footprint depth continue to increase at a stable speed after rapid improvement, that is to say, the development level of the Yangtze river economic belt has reached a new level since 2013, and the stock and flow of natural resources demand is higher and increasing. The consumption patterns of flow capital and stock capital are different in different geographical environment regions. The energy consumption among regions is unbalanced and the land use among different regions is unreasonable. Cultivated land and grassland are facing severe situation.

Key words: three-dimensional ecological footprint, natural capital, Yangtze river basin, sustainable development

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