Table 1 Carbon-neutral-capacity evaluation index system for the Yellow River basin.
From: Evaluation of provincial carbon-neutral capacities in the Yellow River basin using DPSIR
Target layer | Subsystem layer | Index layer | Variable | Description and description | Properties | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Evaluation of provincial carbon neutral capacity in the Yellow River Basin | Driving (D) | GDP per capita | d1 | Measure people's living standard (Yuan) | + | |
GDP per capita growth rate | d2 | Measure the growth rate of regional economic growth (%) | + | |||
Provincial population growth rate | d3 | Measure the regional population growth rate (%) | − | |||
Provincial permanent population | d4 | Characterizing the provincial population distribution (10,000 people) | − | |||
Urbanization level | d5 | The process and degree of population aggregation toward the city (%) | + | |||
Industrial output value growth rate | d6 | Industrial production growth degree (%) | − | |||
Approved patents ratio | d7 | Regional scientific and technological innovation capacity | + | |||
Afforestation areas | d8 | Measure the ecological improvement capacity of the area (ha/person) | + | |||
Pressure (P) | Energy consumption per capita | p1 | Capacity to consume energy per person (tons of standard coal/person) | − | ||
Carbon emissions per capita | p2 | Total carbon emissions per person (ton/person) | − | |||
Cars per capita | p3 | Measure traffic carbon pollution (vehicle/person) | − | |||
Average annual heating days | p4 | Impact of heating (days) | − | |||
living area per capita | p5 | Impact of construction industry (m 2/person) | + | |||
Status (S) | proportion of renewable energy power | s1 | Measure the regional dependence on traditional energy generation (%) | + | ||
Carbon absorption to carbon emission ratio | s2 | Total regional carbon absorption/total carbon emissions (%) | + | |||
GDP proportion of the secondary industry | s3 | GDP of processing and manufacturing industry/GDP of region (%) | − | |||
Proportion of national hygiene cities | s4 | The province was selected as National Health City/all cities in the province (%) | + | |||
GDP proportion of the tertiary industry | s5 | Service sector GDP gross value/regional GDP gross value (%) | + | |||
Cultivated land area per capita | s6 | Per capita cultivated land area (mu/person) | + | |||
Regional air qualified rate | s7 | Number of days the air quality meets the standard/365 | + | |||
Annual average flow | s8 | liquid volume flowing through a section (m3/s) | + | |||
Water qualified rate | s9 | Number of days of Yellow River/(%) | + | |||
Impact (I) | Annual average temperature change rate | i1 | Measure the stability of the regional temperature (℃) | − | ||
Carbon dioxide concentration | i2 | Regional air CO2 contains (%) | − | |||
Air pollution index | i3 | Measures the quality of regional air quality | − | |||
Proportion of soil erosion | i4 | Provincial soil and soil loss area/provincial total land area (%) | − | |||
Comprehensive pollution index of water quality | i5 | The method of evaluating the water environmental quality is divided into six levels | − | |||
Waste water discharge volume | i6 | Total annual wastewater discharge (ton/year) | − | |||
Response (R) | Proportion of photovoltaic power | r1 | Solar power generation/total power generation: (%) | + | ||
Percentage of the forestry and grass coverage | r2 | Measure the ability of the natural environment to absorb carbon absorption (%) | + | |||
Public transport travel ratio | r3 | Environmental impact of carbon emissions from traffic (%) | + | |||
Proportion of wind power | r4 | Wind power generation/total power generation: (%) | + | |||
Comprehensive utilization percentage of industrial solid waste | r5 | Comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste accounts for industrial solid waste production (%) | + | |||
Centralized treatment rate of urban sewage | r6 | Percentage of sewage treated by urban centralized sewage treatment plant and urban sewage discharge (%) | + | |||
Low-carbon economic development plan | r7 | Government response to carbon neutrality | + | |||
Urban road areas per capita | r8 | Reacting the congestion of urban traffic (m2/person) | + | |||
Hydropower station capacity | r9 | Measure the dependence on new energy generation (GW) | + |
