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Forestry
Junlan Tan, Xiang Su, Rong Wang
Summary: This paper uses the super-efficient DEA model to measure forestry eco-efficiency (FECO) in 30 Chinese provinces and cities from 2008 to 2021, and further explores the influencing factors using the Tobit model. The findings indicate that FECO is at a low level in China, with significant regional heterogeneity. Market-based environmental regulations and scientific research funding investment have significant effects on FECO, while economic development and industrial structure have mixed effects. Foreign direct investment shows a negative impact on FECO in most regions, except for the eastern region.
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Environmental Studies
Fangli Ruan, Liang Yan, Dan Wang
Summary: Future policies should prioritize economic transformation; governments should coordinate the development of all subsystems to promote overall sustainable development; different strategies should be taken by governments as the determinants impacting overall sustainability and subsystem development are diverse.
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Environmental Sciences
Sheng Xu, Chunchao Wang
Summary: This study examines the impact of the country-level garden city image program on eco-efficiency in Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2005 to 2016. The program has been found to significantly increase eco-efficiency by expanding urban green coverage, optimizing industrial structure, and attracting talented inhabitants. Results show heterogeneous effects, with positive impacts in western regions and insignificant effects in eastern developed cities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuanyuan Zhu, Yuan Luo, Jing Chen, Qing Wan
Summary: This study examines the synergistic relationship between industrial transformation efficiency (ITE) and urban sustainable development level (USDL) using the examples of Daye City in China. The results show that the ITE of Daye City follows a pattern of first decrease and then increase, with pure technical efficiency playing a major role in improving the overall efficiency level. The USDL of Daye City has steadily increased, transitioning from a disordered state of low level and efficiency to an ordered state of high level and high efficiency. The study also finds that the promoting effect of ITE on USDL is gradually strengthened.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Yu Zhang, Yanying Mao, Liudan Jiao, Chenyang Shuai, Heshan Zhang
Summary: Research has shown that countries with high levels of economic development perform better in terms of eco-efficiency, eco-technology innovation and eco-well-being performance, while the overall global 3E performance is relatively low.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2021)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Hongzhi Ma, Yutong Han, Keke Lv, Manyu Bi, Yexi Zhong
Summary: This paper examines the ecological efficiency of cities in China by constructing a Super-NEBM model considering undesirable outputs and using a spatial Durbin model to analyze its influencing factors. The results show that the eco-efficiency levels in Chinese cities are fluctuating, with a decreasing trend from east-central to northeast-west. The spatial heterogeneity of ecological efficiency levels and significant spatial agglomeration effects are also observed.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wenyao Guo, Xianzhong Mu
Summary: This paper uses the Solow residual method to calculate the total factor resource efficiency of 114 resource-based cities and identifies 59 cities in underdeveloped resource-rich areas (UDRRAs). The study reveals that cities in UDRRAs are mainly distributed in central and western regions and in ecologically fragile areas, with low contribution of resource efficiency to economic growth and a phenomenon of resource curse at the urban level. Carbon dioxide input contributes the most to economic growth, and different types of cities in UDRRAs face different challenges, with declining cities urgently needing sustainable development paths.
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Economics
Yongchang Shen, Yunyun Fu, Malin Song
Summary: A super-efficient SBM model was constructed using Chinese provincial panel data from 2011 to 2018 to explore the impact of digital finance on sustainable total factor eco-efficiency (STFEcE) and its mechanisms of action. The results show that digital finance can promote the improvement of STFEcE, and this promotion is heterogeneous. Digital finance influences STFEcE by expanding the scale of green credit and enhancing the level of green and digital technology innovation. Therefore, the government should support the efficient integration of digital technology and financial services in macro policies, accelerate the infrastructure construction of digital finance, eliminate the digital divide, and create a favourable financial environment for improving STFEcE.
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Environmental Sciences
Linlin Fu, Xiaobao Mao, Xiaohong Mao, Jin Wang
Summary: The present study evaluated the agricultural sustainable development of Zhejiang province using the entropy weight TOPSIS method, and found that Zhejiang made steady progress from 2013 to 2019, although regional disparities were evident. Resource use efficiency had a significant impact on agricultural sustainable development, and Zhejiang's practices in efficient resource utilization offer valuable references for sustainable agriculture worldwide.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Limei Yin, Jia Liu
Summary: This paper aims to explore the path of environmental economic transformation and analyze its impact on financial eco-efficiency. By analyzing the relationship between environmental quality and transformation path, the dynamic and static transformation process is examined. After understanding the path, a model is established to analyze the impact on eco-efficiency. Through data analysis, the paper discusses the effects of four indicators on financial eco-efficiency.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Liang-jun Long
Summary: This paper evaluates the eco-efficiency of 35 major cities in China from 2011 to 2015 using a DEA model and measures the effectiveness of urban development through urban HDI and life satisfaction. The results show that most cities exhibit low efficiency and effectiveness, with only a few cities performing relatively well in both aspects.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yueying Chen, Yanbin Chen, Guanwen Yin, Yujie Liu
Summary: Promoting the greening of industry is crucial for sustainable development of urban economy, especially for resource-based cities. This study analyzed the industrial eco-efficiency (IEE) of 114 resource-based cities in China from 2003 to 2016 using the Windows-Bootstrap-DEA model, and explored the factors associated with IEE using the panel Tobit model. The results showed that the overall IEE of resource-based cities in China was low, with regional differences and spatial agglomeration. Factors such as per capita GDP, ownership structure, science and technology input, and industrial agglomeration had positive effects on IEE, while industrial structure and employment structure had negative effects. This research provides a scientific basis for industrial transformation planning in resource-based cities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Bo Li, Yukai Han, Chensheng Wang, Wei Sun
Summary: Based on panel data of 114 resource-based cities in China from 2004 to 2018, this study measures the energy efficiency of these cities using the SBM model and super-efficiency SBM model. The findings show that the energy efficiency of resource-based cities is higher in eastern China and lower in western China, and that the Civilized City Policy has a significant positive influence on improving energy efficiency, which can be achieved through technological innovation. Regional and type heterogeneity also exists in the impact of the policy on energy efficiency.
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Environmental Sciences
Jiujiu Cui, Wenju Wang, Zhenling Chen, Guangqian Ren, Xiaofang Gao
Summary: The study explores the impact of digitization and financial development on China's economic eco-efficiency and proposes a unified research framework. The results show that both digitization and financial development are significantly positively correlated with regional eco-efficiency. Financial development has a greater impact on eco-efficiency compared to digitization. Additionally, there is a threshold effect in the impact mechanism of digitization on regional eco-efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xingcheng Ge, Jun Xu, Yong Xie, Xin Guo, Deyan Yang
Summary: The study found that the eco-efficiency of resource-based cities is showing a steady growth trend, with technological progress making the greatest contribution. Cities in different life cycles show differences in eco-efficiency distribution, and the regional gap is gradually narrowing.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)