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Evaluating Environmental Performance of Industrial Park Development: The Case of Shenyang
Author(s) -
Dong Huijuan,
Liu Zuoxi,
Geng Yong,
Fujita Tsuyoshi,
Fujii Minoru,
Sun Lu,
Zhang Liming
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/jiec.12724
Subject(s) - emergy , industrial symbiosis , sustainability , sustainable development , industrial ecology , environmental economics , non renewable resource , resource (disambiguation) , resource efficiency , industrial park , environmental resource management , business , renewable energy , natural resource economics , environmental science , economics , engineering , computer science , geography , ecology , waste management , computer network , electrical engineering , archaeology , biology
Summary In order to improve the overall sustainability of industrial parks, it is necessary to understand the development characteristics of industrial parks so that appropriate management measures can be raised. Under such a circumstance, this study analyzes the changes in the environmental performance of Shenyang Economic and Technology Development Zone (SETDZ) in terms of emergy‐based indicators and explores underlying driving forces using decomposition analysis methods. The results show that in the industrial recruitment stage (2001–2006), the total emergy increased rapidly and the sustainability level decreased significantly because of the exploitation of local resources with the expansion of industrial scale. After entering the industrial cluster and upgrading stage (2007–2010), the total emergy increased even faster, while the environmental performance did not decrease too much because of the improved resource efficiency and improved technological progress. The implementation of industrial symbiosis (IS) (2011–2013) could have further effectively reduced the total emergy consumption and improved the environmental performance, but current symbiosis efforts were not sufficient and need to be further promoted. Gross regional product and area of the industrial park were the most important driving factors to the total emergy for all the development stages. In terms of emergy sustainability, renewable emergy ratio (R 1 /U) was one key impact factor. Therefore, how to improve the ratio of renewable resources and enhance IS scopes will be the key strategies for its sustainable development.