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Evaluating Green Development Index in Ecologically Fragile Areas of China

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Green development demands the balance between the protection of resources and the environment and the development of the society and the economy. The Green Development Index (GDI) and an evaluation index system were constructed from the perspective of ecological civilization with the method of entire-array-polygon evaluation for the Qin-Ba Mountain area in China. Results show that the overall GDI of the Qin-Ba Mountain area, being 0.184, was below standard level; whereas its resource and environmental indices were higher than socio-economic indices. There are also large regional variations in GDI and different indices. The results provide important references for the green development of cities and towns in this area. Innovative ways of alleviating poverty, developing the economy, and restructuring the industries, on the basis of safeguarding ecological security are needed for green development.

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Si, L. (2020). Evaluating Green Development Index in Ecologically Fragile Areas of China. In: Huang, Y. (eds) Chinese Cities in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34780-2_14

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