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cje ›› 2004, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 206-211.

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Emergy evaluation and sustainable development of ecological-economic system-case study of Yanbian in Jilin Province

XIONG Xiaobo1,2, DAI Limin1, SHAO Guofan1,3, GU Huiyan1, WANG Fei4   

  1. 1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
    2. Graduated School of Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China;
    3. Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN47907, USA;
    4. Forestry College of Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China
  • Received:2004-03-10 Revised:2004-03-25 Online:2004-10-10

Abstract: Emergy evaluation measures the human and environment's contribution to a region's economy.It is an important index of sustainable development.As a technology of quantitative analysis,the energy analysis of Yanbian's main resourses in Jilin Province was performed and compared to other regions and counties in order to study its sustainability and energy usage.The electricity use of Yanbian was just 7.847% of its total energy use,and was 39% and 33.19% that of American and Japan, respectively.The index of emergy sustainable development was 19.45,which indicated that its economy was in the period of under development.Meanwhile,the environmental loading was only 0.627, indicating abundant resources with high economic development potential.Suggestions for the sustainable development of Yanbian ecological-economic system were put forward.

Key words: Human disturbance, Soil property, Soil microbe, Secondary forest area, Loess Plateau

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