Title: Fuzzy Synthetical Evaluation of the Sustainable Development of Xuzhou City
Abstract:Xuzhou City, with an area of 11 258 km 2, is located in the northwestern part of Jiangsu Province. At present, it has high population density, poor land resources and seriously polluted environment. T...Xuzhou City, with an area of 11 258 km 2, is located in the northwestern part of Jiangsu Province. At present, it has high population density, poor land resources and seriously polluted environment. This paper studies quantitatively the sustainable development of the region. The indices to measure regional sustainable development are chosen from the viewpoints of society, economics and ecology, and fuzzy mathematics is applied to evaluate synthetically regional sustainability. The result shows that the sustainability of the social economic ecological complex system of Xuzhou City is in the very weak level from 1990 to 1996 (the system sustainability is divided into 5 levels, i.e. very strong, strong, ordinary, weak and very weak). It suggests that the sustainable development of the city faces a severe challenge. Finally, the strategy for the sustainable development of Xuzhou City is proposed, including: (1) strictly controlling the population growth, (2)changing the traditional development model of industry, (3) effectively protecting the land resources, (4) establishing the production system of economizing on water, (5) devoting major efforts to tree planting and raising the percentage of forest cover, (6) increasing the environmental protection investment and having the environmental pollution under control.Read More
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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