Assessment of Sustainable Development using Multivariate Statistical Techniques and Ecological Indicators: A Case Study of Wenzhou, China

Author

Wang, Qi ; Li, Guangming

Author_Institution

Sch. of Life & Environ. Sci., Wenzhou Univ., Wenzhou

fYear

2008

Firstpage

4267

Lastpage

4270

Abstract

Ecological footprint, ecological carrying capacity, regional economy ecological efficiency, ecological footprint´s diversity and development capacity of Wenzhou from 1997 to 2004 were calculated. Results showed that the regional economy ecological efficiency increased by 85.5% from 1997 to 2004, while ecological footprint, ecological footprint´s diversity and development capacity fluctuated, but generally increased. Hierarchical cluster analysis and discriminant analysis grouped 8 sampling years into three clusters, i.e., relatively less sustainable development (LSD), medium sustainable development (MSD) and highly sustainable development (HSD).The results of FA showed that sustainable development level of Wenzhou was an upward trend in recent years.

Keywords

ecology; environmental economics; statistical analysis; sustainable development; China; Wenzhou; discriminant analysis; ecological carrying capacity; ecological footprint; ecological indicators; hierarchical cluster analysis; multivariate statistical techniques; regional economy ecological efficiency; sustainable development; Economic indicators; Electrical capacitance tomography; Environmental economics; Humans; Local government; Production; Productivity; Sampling methods; Statistical analysis; Sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1747-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1748-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2008.567

Filename

4535447