Article: Analysis of the differences and spatial-temporal dynamic evolution of the environmental sustainability of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China Journal: International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics (IJSTL) 2024 Vol.19 No.5 pp.1 - 41 Abstract: The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) is a pioneering example of ecological civilisation construction in China; thus, the environmental sustainability of the YREB is important for advancing China's national level of environmental sustainability. To achieve this goal, we propose an evaluation index system to measure the environmental sustainability levels of the 11 provinces and cities in the YREB and analyse their upper, middle and lower regional differences and spatiotemporal dynamic evolution characteristics according to an integration of Dagum's Gini coefficient decomposition method, kernel density estimation, Moran's I and the Markov chain. The results show that during the period from 2003 to 2020, the following occurred: first, the average environmental sustainability level of the YREB steadily increased. Second, the difference in the environmental sustainability level of the entire YREB decreased, whereas the intraregional- and interregional differences were the sources of differences in the environmental sustainability of the YREB. Third, there was no significant spatial correlation between the environmental sustainability levels of the regions. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Analysis of the differences and spatial-temporal dynamic evolution of the environmental sustainability of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China

Authors: Zhimei Lei; Shanshan Cai; Shaoxin Zhuo; Yui-yip Lau; Ming Kim Lim

Addresses: Faculty of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China ' Faculty of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China ' Faculty of Management and Economics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China ' Division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong ' Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Abstract: The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) is a pioneering example of ecological civilisation construction in China; thus, the environmental sustainability of the YREB is important for advancing China's national level of environmental sustainability. To achieve this goal, we propose an evaluation index system to measure the environmental sustainability levels of the 11 provinces and cities in the YREB and analyse their upper, middle and lower regional differences and spatiotemporal dynamic evolution characteristics according to an integration of Dagum's Gini coefficient decomposition method, kernel density estimation, Moran's I and the Markov chain. The results show that during the period from 2003 to 2020, the following occurred: first, the average environmental sustainability level of the YREB steadily increased. Second, the difference in the environmental sustainability level of the entire YREB decreased, whereas the intraregional- and interregional differences were the sources of differences in the environmental sustainability of the YREB. Third, there was no significant spatial correlation between the environmental sustainability levels of the regions.

Keywords: environmental sustainability; evaluation; regional differences; dynamic evolution; Yangtze River Economic Belt; YREB.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2024.144404

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 2024 Vol.19 No.5, pp.1 - 41

Received: 10 May 2024
Accepted: 16 Oct 2024
Published online: 11 Feb 2025 *

Title: Analysis of the differences and spatial-temporal dynamic evolution of the environmental sustainability of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China

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