Coupling and metabolic analysis of urbanization and environment between two resource-based cities in North China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The complex relationship between urbanization and environment in resource-based cities is of increasing concern.

Methods

As typical examples of rapid economic growth, obvious urbanization, and successful transformed production models, the cities of Dongying and Binzhou in Yellow River Delta High-tech Economic Zone were chosen for research. First, this study examines the coupling relationship between urbanization and the environment over the last seventeen years using the coupling degree model. Second, the emergy analysis method is used to further study the energy metabolism and environmental load in the two cities to reveal these couplings.

Results

Dongying and Binzhou were well-coupled and the coupling coordination degree was in the stage of mild coordinat

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500719 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature