Title :
Estimate of Eco-Environment Carrying Capacity of Guangzhou
Author :
Zhu, Yizhong ; Yan, Shilu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Public Adm., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Guangzhou has been experiencing rapid urbanization while it also faces great challenges in resouces utilization and environment protection. The concept of eco-environment carrying capacity(ECC) is employed to describe and evaluate these challenges. First, population carrying capacity of water resources and land resources are respectively estimated, and then a comprehensive evaluation model is established to evaluate the quality or status of ECC of Guangzhou in order to understand the key factors that affect the sustainable development of Guangzhou.
Keywords :
ecology; environmental economics; environmental factors; sustainable development; town and country planning; water resources; ECC; Guangzhou; comprehensive evaluation model; eco-environment carrying capacity estimate; environment protection; land resources; population carrying capacity; rapid urbanization; resouces utilization; sustainable development; water resources; Biological system modeling; Cities and towns; Economic indicators; Indexes; Standards; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6579-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5998624
