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Evaluation on sustainable development of 11 regions in Hebei province

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Continuous enhancement of sustainable development capacity is one of the goals of building a well-off society. In order to understand the development of each region, it is necessary to make a comprehensive evaluation of their sustainable development capacity. This paper presents a study of the 11 regions of Hebei Province, China. Considering the influence of time on urban development, this paper comprehensively evaluates the sustainable development ability of each region in Hebei Province from three dimensions of society, economy and environment based on panel data. The evaluation results show that Shijiazhuang has the strongest sustainable development capacity. On this basis, the promoting factors and restricting factors of sustainable development in each region are found by using grey correlation analysis method. This study provides a reference for the future sustainable development of each district.

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The model data came from the Hebei Economic Yearbook, Department of Ecology and Environment of Hebei province, and China City Statistical Yearbook.

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The relevant researches are supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71871084, 72171116), the Excellent Young Scientist Foundation of Hebei Education Department (SLRC2019001), China Scholarships Council, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under grant NZ2020022.

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    Zhicun Xu & Naiming Xie

  2. School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China

    Lifeng Wu

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Xu, Z., Xie, N. & Wu, L. Evaluation on sustainable development of 11 regions in Hebei province. Environ Dev Sustain 26, 14189–14203 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03187-z

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