Application of an evaluation method of resource and environment carrying capacity in the adjustment of industrial structure in Tibet

Fangqu NIU; Xinyu YANG; Xiaoping ZHANG

doi:10.1007/s11442-020-1730-y

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Journal of Geographical Sciences
Vol. 30, Issue 2, 319 (2020)

Application of an evaluation method of resource and environment carrying capacity in the adjustment of industrial structure in Tibet

Fangqu NIU^1、2、3, Xinyu YANG^1、3, and Xiaoping ZHANG^3、*

Author Affiliations

¹. Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China

². Collaborative Innovation Center for Geopolitical Setting of Southwest China and Borderland Development, Kunming 650500, China

³. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Fangqu NIU, Xinyu YANG, Xiaoping ZHANG. Application of an evaluation method of resource and environment carrying capacity in the adjustment of industrial structure in Tibet[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(2): 319 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. Study area: Tibet, China

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Fig. 2. The RECC evaluation framework

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Fig. 3. RECC comparisons by scenario

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Industries	Output value	Influence coefficient	Response coefficient	Industrial potential
Industry 1	X₁₁	X₁₂	X₁₃	X₁₄
Industry 2	X₂₁	X₂₂	X₂₃	X₂₄
Industry 3	X₃₁	X₃₂	X₃₃	X₃₄
……	…	…	…	…
Industry m	X_m1	X_m2	X_m3	X_m4

Table 1.

Industrial evaluation index matrix

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Class	Industry type	Weight	Rank
First Class	Non-ferrous metal mining and dressing industry	0.617	1
	Tourism	0.333	2
	Wine and beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry	0.182	3
Second Class	Pharmaceutical industry	0.154	4
	Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry	0.137	5
	Printing and recording media reproduction	0.132	6
	Paper and paper products industry	0.127	7
	Culture, education, arts & crafts, sports and entertainment products manufacturing industry	0.127	8
	Food manufacturing	0.118	9
	Agricultural and sideline food processing industry	0.116	10
Third Class	Electric power and thermal production and supply industry	0.078	11
	Non-metallic mineral products industry	0.074	12
	Ferrous metal mining and dressing industry	0.053	13
	Textile industry	0.047	14
	Wood processing and wood, bamboo, rattan, and brown grass products industry	0.033	15
	Electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry	0.030	16
	Non-metallic mining and dressing industry	0.017	17

Table 2.

Industry weights in Tibet, China

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Class	Industry type	Water consumption	CODdischarge	Land consumption
Class	Industry type	m³/10⁴ yuan of GDP	kg/10⁴ yuan of GDP	ha/10⁸ yuan of GDP
First Class	Non-ferrous metal mining and dressing industry	106.5	4.88	112.63
	Tourism	24.63	9.85	2.88
	Wine and beverage and refined tea manufacturing industry	79.4	12.09	33.19
Second Class	Pharmaceutical industry	48.74	5.44	15.98
	Chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry	100.8	6.37	35.83
	Printing and recording media reproduction	19.8	0.32	1.27
	Paper and paper products industry	450.33	90.28	188.41
	Culture, education, arts & crafts, sports and entertainment products manufacturing industry	20.68	0.22	1.02
	Food manufacturing	60.72	6.44	20.82
	Agricultural and sideline food processing industry	93.73	12.46	30.59
Third Class	Electric power and thermal production and supply industry	908.46	0.69	200.00
	Non-metallic mineral products industry	43.62	0.93	71.01
	Ferrous metal mining and dressing industry	93.85	1.14	16.23
	Textile industry	160.44	7.02	31.51
	Wood processing and wood, bamboo, rattan, and brown grass products industry	34.32	1.54	12.85
	Electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing	11.89	0.18	0.12
	Non-metallic mining and dressing industry	133.53	1.75	36.58

Table 3.

Intensities of resource consumption and pollution emission by industry

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Carrying capacities	Business as usual(Scenario 1)		Focus on developing pillar industries (Scenario 2)		Focus on developing tourism(Scenario 3)
Carrying capacities	Population(100 million)	Economy(trillion yuan)	Population(100 million)	Economy(trillion yuan)	Population(100 million)	Economy(trillion yuan)
WRCC	0.81	2.57	4.87	15.44	6.48	20.53
WECC	2.25	7.41	1.93	6.11	2.08	6.58
LRCC	0.04	0.12	0.05	0.17	0.25	0.79