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Using Net Primary Productivity to Characterize the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Ecological Footprint for a Resource-Based City, Panzhihua in China

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  • Shuhui Zhang

    (College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China)

  • Fuquan Li

    (No. 7 Geological Brigade, Shandong Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration and Development, Linyi 276000, China)

  • Yuke Zhou

    (Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)

  • Ziyuan Hu

    (No. 7 Geological Brigade, Shandong Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration and Development, Linyi 276000, China)

  • Ruixin Zhang

    (College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China)

  • Xiaoyu Xiang

    (College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China)

  • Yali Zhang

    (College of Geosciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China)

Abstract

An ecological footprint is a primary indicator in measuring the sustainability of regional development, especially in resource-based cities. Here, we built an ecological footprint-based framework to assess the sustainability for a resource-based city of Panzhihua, in China. In this framework, a suite of long-term ecological parameters (2000–2020), essentially including Net Primary Productivity (NPP), land cover, as well as social statistical data, was used as the input indices of a provincial hectare ecological footprint model. The model outputs are composed of the ecological footprint (EF), ecological footprint per capita (PEF), ecological capacity (EC), ecological capacity per capita (PEC), ecological deficit/surplus (ED/S), and per capita ecological deficit/surplus (PED/S). Then the sustainable development capability of the city was comprehensively evaluated using a suite of ecological indices, including the ecological pressure index (EPI), ecological footprint per ten thousand GDP (EFG), ecological sustainability index (ESI), and ecological coordination index (ECI). The study reveals that, from 2000–2020, (1) PEC and PED/S presented an increasing trend (0.2401 hm 2 /person and 2.1421 hm 2 /person, respectively), while PEF decreased by 1.9 hm 2 /person. In the case of the ecological deficit, fossil energy land and forest were the dominant land types in controlling the ecological footprint and ecological capacity, (2) EPI and EFG decreased by 6.6381 hm 2 /person and 2.2462 hm 2 /person, respectively, and ESI and ECI increased by 0.3436 hm 2 /person and 0.2897 hm 2 /person, respectively. These indices also reflect that the utilization rate of natural resources in Panzhihua City has been improved, with enhanced sustainability, as well as a decline in ecological pressure. This ecological footprint-based framework could work as a template for evaluating the sustainability of resource-based cities from positive and negative ecological footprint indices.

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  • Shuhui Zhang & Fuquan Li & Yuke Zhou & Ziyuan Hu & Ruixin Zhang & Xiaoyu Xiang & Yali Zhang, 2022. "Using Net Primary Productivity to Characterize the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Ecological Footprint for a Resource-Based City, Panzhihua in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-14, March.
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