A new approach to natural capital sustainable development. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xingxing
• Is Part Of: Chinese journal of population resources and environment. Volume 14:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 105
• Page End: 111
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Multidimensional sustainability evaluation -- 3D ecological footprint -- Gini of footprint size -- emergy analysis -- multi-criteria evaluation models; Population -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Natural resources -- China -- Periodicals; Environmental protection -- China -- Periodicals; Environmental protection; Natural resources; Population -- Environmental aspects; China; Periodicals; 333.705
• DOI: 10.1080/10042857.2016.1187480
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1004-2857

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The three-dimension (3D) ecological footprint makes the analysis of the relationships between the demand and supply of natural capital more credible by importing footprint depth and footprint size. This article used China's regions as the object to analyze the high-level sustainability of the natural capital from the view of "ecology – efficiency – fairness" multidimensional framework. Research showed that China's ecological footprint has risen while bio-capacity per capita has descended in recent 20 years. This paper also discusses the spatial distribution of China's natural capital ecological sustainability, efficiency sustainability and fairness sustainability. Finally, it builds multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) models to get multidimensional sustainability framework taking ecological sustainability, efficiency sustainability, and fairness sustainability into consideration.