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20 October 2023, Volume 25 Issue 5

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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY AND FACTORS OF NODE CITIES ALONG CHINA’S SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT

CHEN Wenlie, LI Yanli

2023, 25(5):  1-9.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231012.001

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This paper uses DEA model containing environmental pollution data to measure the environmental efficiency of node cities along China ‘s Silk Road Economic Belt During 2010 to 2020. The results show that ten node cities are low in overall environmental efficiency, largely variable among eastern, central and western, marking a necessity for regional emission reduction and across-regional cooperation boosted by environmentally technical advances.  Environmental efficiency gap in eastern and central node cities is diminishing to the same level.  This paper applies Tobit model to analyze the factors of environmental efficiency, which is promoted by economic scale, international trade and technical advances, little by industrial structure and regional features. This paper presents suggestions on reducing pollution emission and on increasing China ‘s environmental efficiency.

TEMPORAL-SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF COUPLING COORDINATION BETWEEN CHINA’S FIRST URBAN MODERNIZATION AND ECOLOGICALIZATION

Liu Chenyue, Dong Tiandan, Hu Xinyu

2023, 25(5):  10-21.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231120.001

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Aiming at exploring the relation between China ‘s first city ‘s modernization and ecologicalization, this paper, in accordance with the coupling principles of urban modernization and ecologicalization, uses 2008 to 2017 modernization and ecoloigicalization in China ‘s 31 first cities to establish a coupling coordination model which is employed to study their coupling coordination and spatial distribution of modernization sub-system and ecologicalization sub-system. First cities ‘ modernization and ecologicalization level spatially distributes variably, large spatial migrating viscosity, less cities of high ecologicalization level. Cities of middle levels are clustering. High values and middle-to-low values have internal polarization. Distribution of cities with higher levels is of convergence, most concentrating in the eastern and southern. First Cities of high coupling and coordination in modernization and ecologicalization are quite limited, most at high coupling and relatively coordinating stages. Beijing and Guangzhou are in tier 1 core zone with their coupling coordination spatial structure showing “2-classes-mulitple-cores” status from south to north. The coupling and coordination of China ‘s first cities ‘ modernization and ecologicalization shows a rising trend in temporal evolution, with coupling raised to high level from bottom level, up to 70.97% in proportion, and with coupling grading to higher from intermediation, up to 87.10% to 77.42%. Its overall coupling level is still higher than coordination.

A CASE STUDY ON MIDDLE STREAM CITY CLUSTER IN YANGTZE RIVER:DOES URBAN SPATIAL MORPHOLOGY IMPACT URBAN LAND USE EFFICIENCY?

XIANG Dongliang, HE Yingsi

2023, 25(5):  22-39.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231030.001

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Study on the impacts of urban spatial morphology on land use efficiency is significant to manage urban spatial morphology and to promote urban land highly efficiently use. This paper uses scenic pattern indicator to measure its sole centrality, fragmentation, irregularity, expansion and concentration of urban spatial morphology in Yangtze Rive middle stream city cluster in 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2018, and to analyze the temporal-spatial evolution of urban spatial morphology, and applies random front production function model to estimate the urban land use efficiency, and employs  FGLS model to test stability of original models via GMM model and to discuss the impacting mechanism of urban spatial morphology on urban land use efficiency. Its urban spatial morphology shows sole centrality, diminishing irregularity, increasing fragmentation, expansion and concentration, suggesting a linearly rising land use efficiency, with most median approaching to quartile, to an outstanding convergence. When cities are expanding, advantages of sole centrality of urban spatial morphology will be decreasing, leading to issues like oversized population, limited resources and environmental pollution. Highly fragmentation will result in fragmented scenes, highly polluted water and reduced ecological servicing, unfavorable for urban land use efficiency. Urban internal blocks show continuous but regular shapes, favorable for decreasing traffic network construction costs, and then promoting the spatial externality of urban land use efficiency. Construction land size can boost urban land use efficiency through producing concentrating effect, economic stimulation and increasing producing capacity, increasing urban spatial concentration can promote interaction among lower levels and reduce resource consumption.

NETWORK STRUCTURE AND FACTORS OF CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL CARBON EMISSION

GUAN Wei, WANG Yong, XU Shuting

2023, 25(5):  40-49.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231030.002

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Industry is a critical part of economy, and also a major source for carbon emission. This paper uses calibrated gravity model and social network method to analyze China ‘s 2005 to 2019 industrial carbon emission, and applies QAP to explore its factors. The overall network features suggest a rising spatial connection among provinces, who need to collaborate thoroughly toward energy-saving-emission-reducing. Eastern provinces/cities such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Tianjin are positioning in the centers of social networks with a more complicated connection, less difficulties in connecting other provinces and controlling more resources, while the central and western provinces are on the contrast. The eastern coastal provinces are at the centers, with their inner connection in the core higher than in the margin, but growing rate lower, suggesting an increasing inner connection inside the marginal areas. QAP regression results show that the five variables, industrialization, technology, energy intensity, industrial structure and energy industry, can promote spatial connection of industrial carbon emission from their variances. This paper presents suggestions on boosting regional cooperation, realizing regional collaboration, accelerating green transformation in terms of social network features and SAP regression.

CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL WATER RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY AND FACTORS UNDER CARBON EMISSION CONSTRAINTS

TIAN Ze, WANG Haofei, REN Yangjun

2023, 25(5):  50-60.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231102.002

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This paper uses non-desired dynamic DEA model, Dagum Gini coefficient, kernel density estimation and Tobit model regression to study China ‘s industrial water resource use efficiency and factors during 2010 to 2019. The results show that China ‘s industrial water resource use efficiency is generally at a middle level, in a waved rising trend over time, decreasing from eastern, western to central spatially. The overall variance of China ‘s industrial water resource shows a rising-then-falling trend, mainly contributed by the regionally internal differences. Economic development level and technical innovation largely promote China ‘s industrial water resource use efficiency, offset by elements occurrence of water resource. Industrialization and environmental regulations impact industrial water resource use efficiency, variable with areas.

GREEN FINANCE, INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND DUAL GREEN INNOVATION

JU Jialiang, XIN Peizhu, ZHAO Min

2023, 25(5):  61-71.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231017.003

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This paper, based on pieces of observed data of China ‘s 30 provinces during 2007 to 2019, applies fixed effect model to study the impacts of green financing on dual green innovation, and applies institutional economics theory to discuss the Moderation of institutional environment. Green financing can largely increase the local tentative green innovation, and also increase the open green innovation level in a less manner. Green financing is impacted by local institutional environment during transforming to dual green innovation, the higher marketing degree, intelligence protection extent and governance extent, the higher transforming. Institutional environment promotes the transforming to tentative green innovation of green financing in a stronger manner than to open green innovation.

CAN GREEN FINANCING IMPROVE GREEN ECONOMY DEVELOPING EFFICIENCY?

Zhang Changzheng, Sun Xiaoyi

2023, 25(5):  72-85.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231102.001

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This paper uses 2010 to 2019 panel data of China ‘s 30 provinces to analyze the impacts of green financing on green economy developing efficiency with the results showing a strong driving force, varying geographically, the higher the green economy developing efficiency, the stronger the driving force. The both have a dual threshold effect of financing levels, dual threshold and green financing play the biggest role in boosting China ‘s green economy developing efficiency. Moderation model shows that green financing boosts green economy developing efficiency through upgrading industrial structures. Regional heterogeneity reveals industrial structural upgrading has a strongest Moderation in western China, followed by the eastern, weakest in the central. To improve the positive influence of green financing on green economy developing efficiency, this paper presents suggestions on improving green financing system, controlling highly-pollution industries, escalating industrial structural upgrading, minimizing provincial gap in green economy between the western and eastern and reaching a green sustainable development in the whole society.

THOUGHTS ON MARKETIZED MANAGEMENT REFORM OF CHINA’S OIL-GAS MINING RIGHTS

WU Yugen, HAN Yaqin

2023, 25(5):  86-95.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231023.001

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Since 2010, central government has continuously reformed oil and gas system with issuing a few reform-plans such ecological civilization system reform plan, mining rights trading system reform plan, minerals loyalty system reform plan and oil-gas system reform plan. To execute central governmental policies, the administration of natural resources has reformed practice on marketized management of China ‘s oil-gas mining rights and has gained achievements. In order to further deepen the reform, to activate markets and to boost increasing oil-gas reserve and production so as to promote China ‘s oil-gas resource guarantee, this paper, based on a systematic review of marketized management of China ‘s oil-gas mining rights, summarizes the preliminary achievements gained in the oil-gas mining rights marketized management reform, and analyzes its new situation and challenges in diversified oil-gas investing markets, risks investment & market financing, expected return of investment, key technologies in exploration and development, oil servicing market and oil-gas exploration rights trading management, and present a reform plans from six aspects on conducting supportive polices to attract more investors in oil-gas up-stream market, expanding market financing channels to share its high-investment-high-risks of oil-gas industry, constructing the second order market of oil-gas exploration rights trading, improving oil-gas servicing market to support investors, boosting oil-gas exploration rights trading system, and unifying one big market which needs governmental and companies ‘ involvement. 

RESEARCH ADVANCES OF AESTHETIC SERVICE ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM

 

JIANG Wei

2023, 25(5):  96-106.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20230908.001

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Aesthetic service of ecosystem is one of cultural services between human and ecosystem, vital to human ‘s welfare, but its intangibility, subjectivity, data accessibility and lack of standard assessment process make quantitative assessment difficult. This paper, based on theoretical basis of aesthetic service of ecosystem, focusing on subjectivism and objectivism paradigms of aesthetic assessment, uses systematic method to summarize the major assessment ways of aesthetic service of ecosystem since the 21^st century. As attentions on aesthetic service are increasing, assessment methods show two directions, decentralization and centralization. Decentralization is more objective in objectivism, more subjective in subjectivism, while centralization serves as a joint paradigm. This paper discusses the methods ‘ application and limitation in ecosystem management, regional planning and industrial development, and presents suggestions for future research on comprehensive modelling, temporal-spatial dimension, supply-demand analysis and values assessment.

INTERACTION AMONG ECOLOGICAL CONSUMPTION, WELFARE LEVEL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION UNDER PERSPECTIVE OF “DUAL CIRCULATION”

ZHENG Yuyu, DUAN Xianming

2023, 25(5):  107-121.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231017.001

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Speeding up transforming and upgrading China ‘s highly-energy-consuming, highly-polluting industries to improve and guarantee human ‘s welfare from demand side is of significance to increase supply capacity externally and to meet internal consumption, as “dual circulation” goal. This paper uses their interaction among ecological consumption, welfare level and environmental pollution to explore the effective approaches to transformation of highly-energy-consuming, highly-polluting industries and to human ‘s welfare. In light of 2005 to 2019 provincial panel data, this paper estimates China ‘s ecological consumption, welfare level and environmental pollution, and applies PVAR model to study their interaction. In 2019, top three in welfare level are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, with Tibet, Gansu and Qinghai at the bottom. “high-welfare-low-consumption” and “high-welfare-low-pollution” are most located in eastern, “low-welfare-high-consumption” and “low-welfare-high-pollution” are most in western. Historical welfare levels generally show a high to low trend from eastern, northeastern, central to western. A positive response model of “high-welfare-low-consumption” exists between welfare level and ecological consumption both in a short and long term. A green production model of “low-consumption-low-pollution” between ecological consumption and environmental pollution in a short term is not solid in a long term. Improving welfare level is key to maintain positive response mode of “high-welfare-low-consumption” and green production mode of “low-consumption-low-pollution”. This paper presents suggestions on advancing transforming/upgrading China ‘s highly-energy-consuming and highly-polluting industries.

CASE STUDY ON GLOBAL MINING: WATER INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ELEMENTS AND FEATURES OF WATERSENSITIVE FIRMS BASED ON QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

LI Qing, WANG Fei

2023, 25(5):  122-133.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20230908.002

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Water resource shortage worldwide makes water information disclosure of water-sensitive firms a hot point. Elements and features of water information disclosure are a vital means for firms to transmit water resource operation, social responsibilities and sustainable development strategy to governments, society and stakeholders. This paper, based in 2021 water information disclosure from global top 40 mining firms ‘ sustainable development reports, uses qualitative method via NVivo software to study key words frequency, coding classification, matrix and clustering of firms ‘ water information disclosure, and to analyze it elements and features of water-sensitive mining firms. Firm ‘s water information disclosure mainly covers 3 aspects, 15 topics, regarding water resource management, stakeholders and environmentally sustainable development. Information disclosure focuses on firm ‘s water resource and operation, little on indirect stakeholders ‘ demands. Global firms ‘ attention on water management compliance, strategy and performance, employee involvement and external cooperation varies. This study presents theoretical reference and suggestions for water-sensitive firms to further improve water information standards and quality.

EVALUATION OF COUNTY DOMAIN CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY BASED ON INVEST MODEL

YU Shuyi, TIAN Tao, DU Ganlin. et al

2023, 25(5):  134-141.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231017.002

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County domain is China ‘s vital administrative units. Research of its carbon sequestration capacity can detail its ecological carbon sequestration status and provide references for authorities to make decisions. This paper employes biological volume and InVEST model, the two common ways in carbon sequestration, to estimate carbon reserve and density in Luqiao district, Taizhou city, Zhejiang province, and compares their carbon sequestration levels in county domains and in towns. Luqiao district ‘s carbon reserve is estimated at 186037.44t by biological volume, and at 1580777.19t by InVEST model, which includes that in soils, contributing to the variance. Carbon density, estimated by the two ways, is similar in geographically distributing, suggesting its carbon sequestration capability be high in western, followed by southern and low in central-northern. This paper presents references for county domains to develop resources and to protect ecological environment.

TRAFFIC SUPPORTS IN SITING NEW STEEL PRODUCTION LINES UNDER CHINA’S DUAL-CARBON GOALS: A CASE STUDY ON CHINA BAOWU IRON & STEEL GROUP

ZHANG Qi, CUI Yu, WANG Qiuping

2023, 25(5):  142-152.  DOI: 10.13776/j.cnki.resourcesindustries.20231012.002

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China ‘s steel industry needs to replace the lagging production lines with advanced ones and to pursue group strategic reorganization when facing China ‘s dual-carbon goals.Technical advances and industrial policies indicate that siting new steel production lines is beneficial to production bases, and the site ‘s traffic supports matter. This paper uses DPSIR framework and dynamic comprehensive evaluation model to systematically analyze the logic relation between new sites and their traffic system, and establishes an evaluation system and method for new site ‘s traffic supports. Experimental tests based on China ‘s Baowu Iron & Steel group show that new sites will need to be strongly supported by the local urban traffics to reach the dual caron goals. DPSIR framework of new sites ‘ traffic supports include five levels such as driving forces, pressures, status, impacts and responses, all marking their loop logics between bases and cities ‘ traffic systems inside and over the levels. Evaluation results regarding China Baowu Iron & Steel group during 2015 to 2020 not only verifies the feasibilities of this evaluation system and method, but also approves the practice of DPSIR framework of traffic supports on siting new steel production lines.