Title: Research on comprehensive evaluation on effects of synergistic governance on urban environmental pollution based on the evaluation model of niche suitability

Authors: Dengyue Xu; Tao Sun

Addresses: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China ' College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Abstract: Based on research background analysis and literature review, this paper creates an indicator system and three models of niche suitability for evaluating effects of synergistic governance on urban environmental pollution, and defines the grade standards for comprehensive evaluation results and all evaluation indicators. This paper selects the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, as the object of case research, collects the basic data of this city, and comprehensively evaluates the effects of synergistic governance on urban environmental pollution in this city from 2012 to 2020. The evaluation results show that there had been a continuous upward trend for the effects of synergistic governance on urban environmental pollution in this city during this period. Besides, this paper analyses the differences and influencing factors of the evaluation results, demonstrates the effectiveness of the evaluation models, and puts forward some policy suggestions for Wuxi to make further improvement in urban environmental pollution governance.

Keywords: synergistic governance; effects evaluation; indicator system; the evaluation model of niche suitability; absolute niche suitability; relative niche suitability; spatial niche suitability; grade standards.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2023.135418

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2023 Vol.72 No.1, pp.40 - 55

Received: 18 Oct 2022
Accepted: 16 Jun 2023
Published online: 11 Dec 2023 *