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| Dynamic Analysis of Sustainable Development based on Ecological Footprint Model in Shanxi Province |
| Tian Jie, Yao Shunbo |
| Center for Resource Economics and Environment Management, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China |
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Abstract This paper calculates ecological footprint and ecological capacity during 2001—2010 in Shanxi Province.The annual growth rate averaged of per ecological footprint has reached 7.8559%, and the deficit of per ecological capacity has also been up to 15.772%, which indicates that the development of Shanxi Province is in an unsustainable state in the last ten years.The main reason for this phenomenon is excessive consumption of building land and fossil energy in economic development.Ecological pressure index presenting enhancement trend altogether has passed 1, while per ten thousand Yuan GDP shows a significant decline tendency, which indicates that the energy efficiency has a remarkable improvement.There is a significant enhancement in the capacity of ecosystem development.But ecosystem development capacity has exceeded its development potential in 2010, which shows that the development of an ecological economy is in a relatively unsustainable state.
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Received: 08 May 2013
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2014, Vol. 0 
