Analysis on the decoupling of China’s economic development and water resource utilization under the rigid constraint of water resources DOI Creative Commons
Chuanjian Li, Siyu Qian,

Jianxu Liu

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: April 28, 2025

China faces severe water scarcity, with resources unevenly distributed across country-abundant in the south, and to better understand degree of decoupling between China’s economic development resource utilization, this study uses panel data from prefecture-level cities 2010 2019 examine growth ecological footprint resources, providing a more comprehensive description consumption. The findings show following: (1) number achieving strong is still relatively small, share experiencing weak also limited, indicating that most cities’ heavily depends on resources. (2) A comparison levels different river basins shows utilization efficiency remains low, an acute conflict In addition, both agricultural industrial use continues grow, highlighting urgent need improve efficiency. (3) An analysis based catch-up index model less-developed have been unable achieve win–win situation their pursuit improvements Moreover, gap per capita GDP developed increasingly widening. This offers valuable theoretical support practical guidance for enhancing sustainable fostering coordinated regional economies. its broad application prospect advancing management tailored local conditions.

Language: Английский

Analysis on the decoupling of China’s economic development and water resource utilization under the rigid constraint of water resources DOI Creative Commons
Chuanjian Li, Siyu Qian,

Jianxu Liu

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: April 28, 2025

China faces severe water scarcity, with resources unevenly distributed across country-abundant in the south, and to better understand degree of decoupling between China’s economic development resource utilization, this study uses panel data from prefecture-level cities 2010 2019 examine growth ecological footprint resources, providing a more comprehensive description consumption. The findings show following: (1) number achieving strong is still relatively small, share experiencing weak also limited, indicating that most cities’ heavily depends on resources. (2) A comparison levels different river basins shows utilization efficiency remains low, an acute conflict In addition, both agricultural industrial use continues grow, highlighting urgent need improve efficiency. (3) An analysis based catch-up index model less-developed have been unable achieve win–win situation their pursuit improvements Moreover, gap per capita GDP developed increasingly widening. This offers valuable theoretical support practical guidance for enhancing sustainable fostering coordinated regional economies. its broad application prospect advancing management tailored local conditions.

Language: Английский

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