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20 April 2012, Volume 14 Issue 2

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES CITIES

A CASE STUDY ON XINGTAI CITY: INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION OF MEDIUM SIZED COAL-BASED CITIES

HAO Dong-heng, WANG Rui-ke

2012, 14(2):  3-7. 

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Xingtai is a resources-based city with metallurgy, coal and building materias as its pillar economy, characterized by diversified ore resources and centralized predominant ores. A short in investment in geological survey and exploration led to less newly-discovered deposits. The development of existing mines is still primitive and ores are wasted. Most shallow mines have been mined for a long term and fell largely in resources. Mine geological environment has been destroyed. This paper, by using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, cases and standards, studies the situation in industrial structure in resources-based cities, analyzes the economic development and resource use situation and industrial structural evolvement in Xingta city, compares its industrial structure with other cities, and presents suggestions for Xingtai’s industrial transformation.

A CASE STUDY ON LIUPANSHUI: TOURISM INDUSTRY UPGRADE DURING INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION IN RESOURCES-BASED CITIES

HU Xiao-jing, LI Jiang-feng

2012, 14(2):  8-14. 

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Resources-based cities are unavoidably to face an industrial transformation due to the resources can be depleted someday. China＇s natural resources presence, constrained by special historical setting at the beginning of P. R. China, leads to widely-spreading resources-based urban areas, declining largely, which is catching much attention from governments and experts. This paper, based on a theoretical analysis on industrial transformation and tourism industry and a case study on Liupanshui, a coal-based city, studies its tourism industry position and merits in transformation via circular economic method, implying a big potential in its tourism industry and a big in industrial association, but small in scale currently. It is positioned to be a leading industry. This paper gives suggestions following circular economic theory in tourism development and protection in Liupanshui＇s industrial transformation feasibility.

TOURISM: APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION OF RESOURCES-EXHAUSTED CITIE, HUAIBEI

LV Ning, FENG Ling

2012, 14(2):  15-20. 

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 Huaibei as an old coal city is stepping into a resource exhausted stage, which requires an adjustment in industrial structure and economic transformation. Tourism as a leading sector in the third industry is of later developing advantages. Tourism can be an approach to industrial transformation of Huaibei to replace coal industry in that tourism bears advantages in resources, transportation, development and propaganda. The key contents for Huaibeis future tourism development lie in strategy, market and spatial layout.

VIEWS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF XIANGXIS MINING ECONOMY

YANG Zheng-cun, WANG Shen-qiang

2012, 14(2):  21-26. 

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Xiangxi is a vital base for China’s Mn-Zn industry with mining economy as a leading economy, which influences its industrial economic growth, foreign currency and tax. Mining also drives a development of processing, logistics, transportation, etc. But it still has some structural issues such as illogical mine layout, poor development and utilization level, low intensive extent, wasted resources, mine environment and safety. This paper presents suggestions for Xiangxi’s sustainable development from industrial structure adjustment, mining rights trading, resources increment, and circular economy.
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COMPARISON IN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION CAPACITY IN FIVE WESTERN PROVINCES

CHU Xiao, SHA Jing-hua

2012, 14(2):  27-32. 

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 As economy goes fast, China’s resources-based cities are facing industrial structure transformation, which has a impact on the sustainable development. This paper, according to the theory of regional economics and industrial economics, expands the factors of industrial structure transformation capacity, uses factor analysis to establish index system from supply, demand and foreign investment, and compares their transformation capacities from 9 indexes in 46 cities in five western provinces, and analyzes their transformation speed and direction. The results show that Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi are relatively strong while Shanxi is weak. This paper presents suggestions improving industrial structure transformation capacity in five western provinces.

COMPARISON IN ENERGY RESERVATION AND EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WESTERN

HUANG De-lin, SHAO Ru, AI Xi

2012, 14(2):  33-38. 

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 This paper summarizes the energy reservation and emission reduction policies in China and the Western and compares them from objectives, main body and means, and finds out the bugs in China’s policies. Combined with the Western’s advanced experiences, this paper presents suggestions in taxation, financing and energy pricing and performance evaluation, attempting to optimize China’s policy system and to propel the execution of energy reservation and emission reduction.

DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-PERMEABILITY OIL-GAS 
RESOURCE BASED ON OPEN INNOVATION

HOU Hai-qing

2012, 14(2):  39-42. 

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 A critical requirement in environment is cumbering technical innovation for petroleum companies. The common constraints in development of low-permeability oil-gas fields lie in difficult identification of reservoir, small reservoir pore, low permeability, and low watering effect need extensive technology and professionalism, but any company can not hold all these resources by itself. An open innovation provides via a cooperation mechanism a workable approach for petroleum companies to use and incorporate internal & external resources by sharing resources and renewing advantages, offers inter-companies cooperation hunting for marketing advantages, and improves technical innovation capability.

SUGGESTIONS ON OPTIMIZING BOND SYSTEM OF CHINA’S MINE ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION

ZHANG Lu, HUANG De-lin

2012, 14(2):  43-49. 

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 Mining provides raw materials and energy for one nation’s development, and is an unavoidable industry for economic development. As China’s mining goes on, mine environmental issues happen. Mining must be based on sustainable development and economy can not sacrifice environment, which requires a bond system in mine environmental rehabilitation. This paper, based on environmental issues due to mining, expands its concept and contents, presents principles and suggestions on how to optimize the bond system combined with the status of China’s bond system in mine environment rehabilitation.

LEGAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHMENT OF OVERSEAS ORE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

TIAN Fang

2012, 14(2):  49-53. 

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Ore resources are a base for industrialization. China, according to the life cycle theory of ore resources demand, will be depending upon more on overseas ore resources until 2020. This period will be a golden opportunity for China to acquire the overseas ore resources in that the developed countries had completed the industrialization. This paper, based on Japan’s legal system, suggests establishing “Investment Approaches to Overseas Ore Resources Development”, stresses a favorable taxation and improving an insurance system on overseas investment, and recommends to set up agencies so as to promote overseas ore resources development.

EVALUATION OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND ECONOMICAL AND INTENSIVE USE

ZIAO Xiao-min, DENG Jian-yu

2012, 14(2):  54-59. 

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 This paper, based on a case study on Longnan county, Jiangxi province, applies site investigation, single factor analysis and comprehensive evaluation to set up of index system and method in studying rural residential land economical and intensive use. The index system is established from four aspects, rural headland relation, land use intensity, land use investment intensity and land use benefits. The evaluation method is based on single factor and comprehensive analysis. Longnan county is generally low in land economical and intensive use with a higher land use potential, especially in Dongjiang town, Wenlong town, Anjishan, Jilian town. This paper suggests enhancing land consolidation and new rural construction in Longnan county, decreasing rural construction land use and increasing urban construction land use.

A CASE STUDY ON QINGHE COUNTY: APPLICATION OF GLP MODEL AND AHP METHOD IN LAND USE STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION

SUN Ai-qing, WU Ke-ning

2012, 14(2):  60-65. 

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 This paper, based on case study on Qinghe county, discusses the application of system theory in land use structural optimization, analyzes the situation and issues of land use structure, and establishes grey linear planning model combined with economic needs and planning indexes which is employed to set up three plans of land use structural optimization, among which the best one is selected by using AHP. In 2020, farmland:park:forest:other farmland:urban land:rural residential land:plant land:transportation land: water works land:other construction land:unused land shall be 68.03 :3.14:1.91:5.56:6.06:10.72:  0.14:1.57:0.07:0.10:2.71, which is an optimized structure, favorable for ecological, economic and social benefits and sustainable development.

FUNCTIONAL DIVISION OF LAND USE BASED ON GISBASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS

WEN Sheng-huan, SHI Hue-yi, HE Wen-chao, SHAO Ze-hui, SUN Jing-jing

2012, 14(2):  66-70. 

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This paper applies GIS-based spatial analysis to divide Houma’s lands according to their function, presents land utilization direction, strategy and management, and provides references for regional land use planning, ecological protection and construction. Based on a downward summary which changed the traditionally-used overlapping topics, this paper establishes a index system of functional division of land use from the natural property, social-economic property and eco-environmental property, analyzes many factors by using GIS-based spatial method, and divides Houma city into four functional regions. The results show that GIS-based technology used in functional division of land use can optimize the land use layout, offering reference for Houma’s land use planning.

A CASE STUDY ON YIXIN COAL MINE, HEGANG CITY: FUNCTIONAL DIVISION IN SUBURBAN MINE RECLAMATION

YANG Yan-jun, BAI Zhong-ke, ZHOU Wei, MA Xiao, GUO Li-gang

2012, 14(2):  71-75. 

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 Yixin coal mine, as a sole suburban mine in Hegang city, has a wide spreading residential areas, up to 60% of its area. A long mining history destroyed the ground buildings, and as mining continues, the ecology will be breached further, which must be recovered by land reclamation. Required by provincial ecofunctional division, garden urban construction and sustainable development, the construction land will be reclaimed to ecological land as a transitional land use. According to roads and their environment, the discarded residential areas will be constructed into three ecological zones, landscape forest zone, ecological forest zone and economic forest zone. The existing farmland is still reclaimed to farmland. This study can provide reference in reclamation investment and improving Hegangs ecological environment, and promoting a sustainable development.

APPROACHES TO WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN BAIYANGDIAN STREAM

LIU Xiu-juan, LIU Yan-lin

2012, 14(2):  76-80. 

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This paper analyzes the water resource in Baiyangdian stream, and studies the water resource management system from resource and ecology, and presents the issues in lack of management legislation, lack of unified administration, insufficient public involvement and awareness, water resource management fee, disrupted or overlapped water quality and quantity management, and gives approaches from seven aspects, optimizing legislation, centralizing water administration, establishing management platform, constructing public involvement mechanism, setting up waster property system, erecting water-supply mechanism, and enhancing execution and punishment.

STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF GLOBAL GAS TRADING RELATIONSHIP NETWORK BASED ON COMPLEX NETWORK THEORY

YANG Xin, AN Hai-zhong, GAO Xiang-yun

2012, 14(2):  81-87. 

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This paper sets up a complex network which is based on 93 nations as nodes and on the gas trading flowing direction among nations or regions as edges, analyzes its weighted-less and weighted features, and shows a power-law and clustering distribution. Large trading volume can compensate the looseness of trade composition among clusters. Trading volume is proportional to trading relation numbers but nothing to do with the emergence of global trading groups. This paper offers a reference for China to make a scientific strategy in gas trade.
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A CASE STUDY ON INNER MONGOLIAS ORE RESOURCES CONSOLIDATION: SIGNIFICANCE OF ORE RESOURCES CONSOLIDATION STANDARDIZATION

HAO Jun-feng, CUI Bin, HAO Xiao-lin

2012, 14(2):  88-92. 

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 Recently, ore resources consolidation has become a focus in redding mining sector. As consolidation goes further, there are many featured consolidation forms. However, impacts are also incurred in practice. This paper, based on achievements in Inner Mongolia’s ore resources consolidation, analyzes the problems and presents the significance of standardization, and summarizes how to carry out the standardization. Standardization is a guarantee of consolidation, and also a vital base for a scientific and effective consolidation, and can avoid conflicts of economic benefits and ensure a good mining order.

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

ESTABLISHMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF XINJIANG＇S COAL RESOURCE INDUSTRIAL CHAIN

Zhang Hua-guo, Yu Guo-he

2012, 14(2):  93-97. 

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 Xinjiang＇s traditional coal resources are developed in a primitive way with a low added value and wasted resource, which is harmful to environment and requires an extended coal industrial chain maximizing the comprehensive benefits of coal industry. This paper, according to industrial chain theory, analyzes the input/output data, establishes a coal industrial chain which is based on coal-power, coal-chemicals and highly-energy-consuming industry, and extends the chain to market. At the same time, a transverse chain is also set up based on finance-coal-transportation and stock.
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EXPRESSIONAL FORM OF BENCHMARK LAND PRICE

Wang Man-yin, Xiao Ying

2012, 14(2):  98-101. 

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Level value, route value and, floor value are usually used to express benchmark land price, which can be divided into basic and complex expressional forms, and the former can be further divided into planar and three-dimensional expressional forms. Planar expressional form includes level value, block value, route value and grid value, three-dimensional expressional form includes floor value, land value and underground space value. This paper also gives the complex expressional form of benchmark price, and presents its corresponding land use pattern and range. The different forms of benchmark land price can be converted mutually based on land use transformation, land price comparison in different cities.

ISSUES AND APPROACHES TO HAIXI＇S ORE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION

Xu Guang, Gu Xi-lian, Wang Xiao-hong

2012, 14(2):  102-105. 

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Haixi ranks top in ore resources development and utilization in Qinghai province, which is of importance to Haixi＇s economy or even to Qinghai＇s. This paper, based on Haixi＇s ore resources development and utilization 2008 situation, analyzes the issues and presents approaches. Development of ore resources is a main approach to its economy, focusing on high added-value ores and scale development and intensive utilization. And it is a key point in comprehensive utilization and environmental protection in Haixi＇s ore resources development and utilization.
 

RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF MAPO -SHANSHENMIAO MN-AG DEPOSIT IN SHANXI PROVINCE

Zheng Qing-rong, Zhang Xin-jun, Sun Er-hu

2012, 14(2):  106-111. 

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 Mapo-Shanshenmiao Mn-Ag deposit situated in Lingqiu county, Shanxi province, is a poly metallic deposit with associated Pb and Zn. This deposit is located in west end of Yanliao fold zone, controlled by Yanshanian volcanics and faults. The ore bodies occur as stratified or lentoid or veinlike. The source of metals is derived from Gaoyuzhuang formation dolomite. The Mesozoic volcanic activities enriched them in the fracture zone around volcanic structure. It is a sedimentary  thermal modification type. Mn-Ag deposits are rare in China. It is of prospective market, large resource and convenient mine development condition, indicating a good development prospect.

HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION RULES AND TARGET SELECTION OF CHANG 8 FORMATION IN HUANXIAN AREA, ORDOS BASIN

CHENGQi-gui, NIU Xiao-bing, LIANG Xiao-wei, et al.

2012, 14(2):  112-117. 

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Based on a detailed analysis on source analysis, sedimentary microfacies ,sand body distribution, physical attributes, reservoir and tectonic structure, this paper studies oil & gas traps and hydrocarbon accumulation of Chang8 formation, indicating that the oilgas traps are lithologic and structurallithologic traps, and underwater distibutary channel is the favorable facies. Hydrocarbon accumulation degree is constrained by sand thickness, porosity, infiltration rate, by which can classify Chang8 formation into three categories in favorable blocks, with three Category I, two Category II and two Category III blocks selected.

ANHYDRITE GRADE VARIANCE AT THE FIRST MINING FACE IN HANSHAN＇S TAOCHANG GYPSUM DEPOSIT, ANHUI PROVINCE

Hu Bao-lin, Zhang Ying, Chen Geng, et al.

2012, 14(2):  118-121. 

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Taochang gypsum deposit, located in Hanshan county, Anhui province, has a large resource and better quality, but largely variable in chemical components both vertically and horizontally. This paper aims to study the grade distribution, takes samples in drilling holes, galleries and rooms, and measures SO₃, CaO, MgO and LOSS in anhydrite, and analyzes their relations. The results show that at -400 m level in the first mining face SO₃ falls upward, rises with CaO, LOSS rises with MgO. The reason of grade change lies in the sedimentary facies and structures.

RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT

MINING INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN NAMIBIA

Li Xiu-hui, Liu Dian-bo

2012, 14(2):  122-126. 

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 Namibia abounds in ore resources with mining as its pillar economy. The government encourages investment in mining. The ore resources are directly formed by volcanism and metamorphism. This paper reviews the exploration and development of diamond, U, Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Oil gas, Fe, analyzes its politics, laws, infrastructure, economic environment, competitive environment and social environment. Namibia is stable in governance, complete in mining laws, good in infrastructure, stable in economy, and good social environment, but big in mining competition, indicating a good mining investment environment and favorable for investors.
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A CASE STUDY ON LONGDONG ENERGY & CHEMICALS BASE——SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT OF NEW ENERGY & CHEMICALS BASE VIEWING FROM REGIONAL VALUE CHAIN

Li Bing-wen

2012, 14(2):  127-132. 

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 Development of new energy & chemicals base must avoid depending largely upon resources “Dutch Disease” or resources curse effect, which requires a supporting environment in resources, economy, society and ecology. Viewing from regional value chain, this paper establishes a supporting environment evaluation system based on economy, society and ecology three sub systems. A case study on Longdong energy & chemicals base is presented to intensify in regional planning, shaping regional image, making featured products, regional marketing, improving guarantees, and establishing comprehensive management information system.

WATER INRUSH RISK OF COAL SEAM FLOOR IN FENYUAN COAL FIELD

WANG Ji-tang, WANG Xiu-lan

2012, 14(2):  133-137. 

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 The Ordovician limestone water is a main threat in mining No.5 coal bed in Fenyuan coal field. This paper applies water inrush coefficient approach to study the water inrush risk of coal floor from water pressure, floor destruction, water resisting capability, confined water level height, and aquiclude thickness in limestone top. Combined with drilling logs, this paper measures water inrush coefficient and draws a contour map, marks safe zones, relative safe zones, relative dangerous zones and dangerous zones, which can provide a reference for mining planning and water disaster prevention.
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RESOURCES INVESTIGATION

Distribution, features and prospect of China＇s seal stone resources

Yuan Ye, Shi Guang-hai, He Ming-yue

2012, 14(2):  143-147. 

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This paper gives a summary of distribution and features of China＇s seal stone resources. Most seal stone deposits are situated in the upper Jurassic volcanics in southeast coastal provinces Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi. The minerals are mainly dickite, kaolin and prophyllite, a product of post thermal alteration with wall rocks as Mesozoic neutral-acid continental volcanics. This paper presents suggestions in planning, enhancing seal stone resources management, increasing resources use efficiency and boosting development and use.

FARMLAND CLASSIFICATION AND GRADUATION

A CASE STUDY ON PANEL DATA—— FINANCING ORDER SELECTION 
OF LISTED COAL COMPANIES

Li Zhan-lei, Shang Chun-shuo, Su Qiao, et al

2012, 14(2):  148-153. 

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 Listed coal companies are a major production and supply of coal. Their financing order selection is related to sustainable operation and stable development of coal mining sector. This paper, based on excellent financing theory and case study achievements, establishes a panel data case model of financing order selection, discusses the internal and external financing, debt financing, and stock financing of listed coal companies from their 2005—2009 panel data. The result shows that their financing follows the order internalexternal financing, debtstock financing, without a preference in stock financing.

SYSTEM ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN URANIUM MINING SECTOR BASED ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Hou Jun-hua, Tang Zuo-hua, Gu Xin-hua

2012, 14(2):  154-157. 

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The sustainable development of uranium mining sector is an urgent point in China. This paper, based on China＇s uranium mining sector＇s situation, establishes a principle of designing system elements, analyzes the system model of sustainable development and sets up system elements of sustainable development in uranium mining sector based on circular economy from planning, technology, management and evaluation, which can guarantee a scientific planning, production and coordination so as to reach the sustainable development of resources, environment, economy and society.

Risk genesis analysis of port vicinal industrial cluster based on risk formation process

Jia Xiao-xia, Zhang Yao, Su Yi

2012, 14(2):  158-164. 

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 Port vicinal industrial cluster has been impacted by many internal and external factors during its formation and development. As port competition becomes hot, some port vicinal industrial clusters fall or even are closed due to a short in risk management. This paper, in order to risk management in port vicinal industrial cluster, identifies the infrastructural risk, network risk, industrial guidance risk, public management risk, economic fluctuation risk and safety risk, from risk formation, and evaluates their possibility by using expert panel method, and presents their holders from risk control and prevention, attempting to provide a reference in risk control and alert.

RESOURCES ECONOMICS

RESOURCES REALLOCATION EFFECT OF CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BASED ON SFA

Lin Bi-yang, Ge Yue-jing

2012, 14(2):  165-171. 

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 Productive element flow and reallocation can increase productivity and improve economy. This paper, based on 1988—2007 panel data, applies stochastic frontier method to measure TFP, and employs Syrquin’s resource reallocation effect model to analyze the resource reallocation effect of China’s industrial growth. The result is a negative effect. A transfer in capital and labor in industrial units did not increase the reallocation effect. An irrational reallocation in capital and labor, especially the labor in regions will then decrease a resources reallocation effect. Generally, transfer speeds in China’s industrial growth pattern can not match with that of resources in departments and regions, resulting to a bad reallocation in departments and regions. Resources reallocation effect of China’s industrial growth needs improving.

DECOMPOSITION OF CARBON EMISSION FACTORS IN WESTERN CHINA BASED ON LMDI

Yang Rong, Chang Xuan-yu

2012, 14(2):  172-179. 

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 This paper builds an identity based upon economic scale, economic structure, energy intensity, energy structure and carbon emission factor, applies Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) to quantitatively decompose western region＇s carbon emission from 1995 to 2009 at industrial and regional levels, with results showing that rapid growth of economic scale is the main factor causing continuous increasing of western region＇s carbon emission; the potential of economic restructuring or changing have not appeared yet; energy intensity or increase of energy efficiency is the key factor in reducing carbon emission; optimization of the energy structure is the potential factor in controlling carbon emission. This paper presents suggestions developing low-carbon economy in western China.