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Assessment of rural ecological environment development in China’s moderately developed areas: a case study of Xinxiang, Henan province

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The reforming and opening-up has brought about the rapid development of China’s economy, greatly improved the living standards of rural residents, and also caused the destruction of the rural ecological environment. Due to the backward production technology and pollution control technology, many township enterprises discharge excessive pollutants, and excessive application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agricultural production causes serious agricultural non-point source pollution. These pollution sources that cannot be effectively controlled cause a large number of water and land resource function decline. Not only the loss of agricultural production, but they also bring hidden danger to the survival of many rural residents. Taking Xinxiang city of Hunan province as an example, this paper selects 28 indicators and mainly uses AHP, entropy weight method, and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate and analyze the development level of rural ecological environment. This study can provide a reference for the Chinese government to formulate rural development planning and can also be used as a reference for the evaluation of rural ecological environment in developed and underdeveloped areas.

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The data and materials used in this paper come from four aspects: (1) published journal papers and newspapers published by the government; (2) statistical information published by government departments; (3) interview survey of our research group.

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  1. The 5-year plan for the development of China’s national economy began in 1953, and 1978 was the first year of the “sixth 5-year plan.”.

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The funds used in this study are derived from government projects and do not accept any funding from enterprises or individuals. This work is partially supported by Key project of national social science fund (No. 18AGL001); Natural Science Project of Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu province (19KJB550009).

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  1. School of Accounting, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China

    Wei Xu

  2. Department Economy and Management, Ma’anshan Technology College, 243002, Ma’anshan, China

    Fen Xu

  3. School of Government Audit, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China

    Yunzhe Liu & Dan Zhang

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This research topic and the research framework are proposed by Wei Xu. Fen Xu has completed the preliminary data collection and is responsible for organizing and arranging the students’ field survey. Yunzhe Liu and Dan Zhang are graduate students. They are responsible for leading other students to conduct field research. Wei Xu finished his thesis.

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Highlights

• The main problems of ecological environment in rural areas of China are analyzed.

• The evaluation index system of rural ecological environment in China’s moderately developed areas is constructed, which is composed of four first level indicators and 28 s level indicators.

• The ecological environment of Xinxiang city in Henan province was evaluated vertically and horizontally by using fine model and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method.

• This paper analyzes and summarizes the current situation of ecological environment development and the main influencing factors of slow development in Xinxiang city.

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Xu, W., Xu, F., Liu, Y. et al. Assessment of rural ecological environment development in China’s moderately developed areas: a case study of Xinxiang, Henan province. Environ Monit Assess 193, 801 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09383-6

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