The Empirical Research on Sustainable Development of the Industrial Undertaking Area in Yangtze River Economic Belt—Take Jinmen City of Hubei Province as an Example

Abstract

[Objective] It has been included into national strategy that we are going to exploit the Yangtze river basin, promote the industrial gradient transfer, and realize sustainable development, to form the new economic supporting belt of China. Industrial undertaking zone is the key area to the sustainable development of the Yangtze River economic belt. Studying quantitatively the regional ecological environment pressure, calculating the threshold value of sustainable development can provide decision-making reference for transforming the development mode of the Yangtze River economic belt and realizing sustainable development. [Method] Dynamically analyze the sustainable development situation from 2006 to 2014 in the demonstration undertaking area of Jing-men city using the ecological footprint model, And comparatively study the current development situation of industrial undertaking areas under provincial scale. [Result] During the sample period, the ecological deficit and ecological pressure in demonstration area continue increasing at first, and the coordination becomes gradually poor, the peak appears in 2012, then the pressure release, coordination begins to recover gradually, resource utilization is becoming efficient. The relation of GDP and ecological footprint fits for typical Kuznets inverted U curve. Undertaking area and demonstration area both highlight the characteristics of “high pressure, low coordination, low development level”. [Conclusion] Put forward the suggestions of carrying out the main function area planning, improving the ecology efficiency of industry and resource allocation efficiency, etc. to cross the inflection point of Kuznets inverted U curve with a lower ecological footprint level, and realize sustainable development.