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An approach to stimulate the sustainability of an eco-industrial park using coupled emergy and system dynamics

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  • Yu Zhao

    (Shenyang Jianzhu University)

  • Miao Yu

    (Shenyang Jianzhu University)

  • Yinghui Xiang

    (Shenyang Jianzhu University)

  • Chunguang Chang

    (Shenyang Jianzhu University)

Abstract

Using an emergy and system dynamics model, this paper proposes a dynamic evaluation method for the sustainable development of eco-industrial parks and conducts an empirical analysis of the Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone (SETDZ). Four SETDZ’s development scenarios were designed, including inertia, economic, environmental protection, and science and technology scenarios, and the sustainable development status of each scenario was simulated and dynamically evaluated. In this paper, emergy analysis and SD method are used to simulate the changes of system functional elements and emergy evaluation indexes of SETDZ. The results show that under the coordinated development of the economy and environment, the science and technology scenario based on high-tech investment is the best development strategy for SETDZ. The sustainability of the SETDZ greatly improved on the implementation of the circular economic model, and the sustainable development indicator of the science and technology scenario increased from 3.59E-02 (2014) to 8.16E-02 (2024). Furthermore, SETDZ could achieve the coordinated development of the economy and environment owing to the reasonable layout of industrial enterprises, integration of public resources, effective utilization and disposal of waste, establishment of an enterprise symbiosis system, development of cleaner production, and other measures.

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  • Yu Zhao & Miao Yu & Yinghui Xiang & Chunguang Chang, 2023. "An approach to stimulate the sustainability of an eco-industrial park using coupled emergy and system dynamics," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(10), pages 11531-11556, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:25:y:2023:i:10:d:10.1007_s10668-022-02541-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-022-02541-x
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