Journal of Northeastern University ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 1488-1491.DOI: -

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Resource-environmental pressure and efficiency of regional economy

Wang, Qing (1); Wang, Feng-Bo (1); Gu, Xiao-Wei (1); Xu, Xiao-Chuan (1)   

  1. (1) School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
  • Received:2013-06-19 Revised:2013-06-19 Published:2013-04-04
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Abstract: The aggregate resource-environmental pressure and efficiency of a regional economy were presented. The resource-environmental pressure and efficiency of Shenyang from 1991 to 2005 were studied empirically. The results showed that the aggregate resource-environmental efficiency of Shenyang's economy increased by 7.4% at a year, and its efficiencies on the input and output sides increased by 8.1% and 11.4% at a year, respectively. This means that the environmental pressure (especially on the output side) per unit of economic output decreased at a relatively high speed. This is a great achievement for Shenyang in view of the fact that its economy is at a stage of fast industrialization. However, the environmental pressure increased by 11% at a year after 2000. About 60%~70% of the total pressure is from the output end and about 85%~97% of the output pressure is caused by CO2 emission from energy consumption.

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