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Comparative analysis on eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint in Hubei

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Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

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This paper uses the ecological footprint model to make comparison of the eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint in different years in Hubei Province, and makes comparison of that in Hubei and some countries. The results indicate that, since 1965, the eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint in Hubei has been improved year by year. However, the efficiency of arable land ecological footprint, compared with some other areas in the world, is much lower. In 1965, average eco-efficiency of world arable land ecological footprint is 3 421 US dollar/hm2 while that of Hubei Province is 134 US dollar/hm2, about 1/26 of the world's average level. The eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint for 2003 in Hubei Province, however, has become about 1/9 of the world's average level for the same year. Finally the author puts forward the ways to raise the eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint.

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  1. Resources and Ecological Economics Research Center, Northeastern University, 110004, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

    Cheng Bihai, Wang Qing & Liu Jianxing

  2. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, 430068, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Cheng Bihai

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Foundation item: Supported by Natural Fund-Sponsored Programs of China Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department (2004ABA063)

Biography: Cheng Bihai(1968-), male, Ph. D. candidate, research direction: ecological economics.

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Bihai, C., Qing, W. & Jianxing, L. Comparative analysis on eco-efficiency of arable land ecological footprint in Hubei. Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci. 11, 1052–1058 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02830209

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