Assessing the Effect of Eco-City Practices on Urban Sustainability Using an Extended Ecological Footprint Model: A Case Study in Xi'an, China

doi:10.3390/su9091591

	Assessing the Effect of Eco-City Practices on Urban Sustainability Using an Extended Ecological Footprint Model: A Case Study in Xi'an, China
	Wang, Fuyuan 1,2,3; Wang, Kaiyong 1,2
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2017-09-01
卷号	9 期号:9 页码:16
关键词	urban sustainability eco-city eco-city practices EF ED
ISSN号	2071-1050
DOI	10.3390/su9091591
通讯作者	Wang, Kaiyong(wangky@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Planning and construction are well-known practical topics; however, eco-city developments and their sustainable effects on the city are less known. Xi'an is a typical city that has a target to become an eco-city. This city is selected in this case study with the aims of (1) framing eco-practices to enhance the understanding of an eco-city development and (2) evaluating the effect of eco-practices to reveal whether they truly enhance urban sustainability. For the first objective, the framework was constructed in accordance with ecological footprint (EF) theory. For the second objective, environmental pollution was added to an extended EF model. The EF of Xi'an from 1999 to 2014 was calculated and analyzed. The results are as follows: (1) Water pollution control and water area development are core issues in the Xi'an eco-city development. Air pollution control and forest land development also play important roles in the eco-city development; (2) Eco-city practices contribute to the decreases of per capita EF and per capita ecological deficit because of the reduction in the EFs of water area, forest land, and arable land, thereby enhancing urban sustainability; (3) The effect of eco-city practices on the improvement of per capita ecological capacity (EC), the ECs of arable land, water area, pasture land, and forest land are not significant. Based on these results, this study provides practical implications for the promotion of urban sustainability through eco-city development.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41371178] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41471126]
WOS关键词	CITIES ; APPROPRIATION ; GOVERNANCE ; PROVINCE ; REGIONS ; SUZHOU
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI AG
WOS记录号	WOS:000411621200095
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/62275]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Kaiyong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Fuyuan,Wang, Kaiyong. Assessing the Effect of Eco-City Practices on Urban Sustainability Using an Extended Ecological Footprint Model: A Case Study in Xi'an, China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2017,9(9):16.
APA	Wang, Fuyuan,&Wang, Kaiyong.(2017).Assessing the Effect of Eco-City Practices on Urban Sustainability Using an Extended Ecological Footprint Model: A Case Study in Xi'an, China.SUSTAINABILITY,9(9),16.
MLA	Wang, Fuyuan,et al."Assessing the Effect of Eco-City Practices on Urban Sustainability Using an Extended Ecological Footprint Model: A Case Study in Xi'an, China".SUSTAINABILITY 9.9(2017):16.