A Study of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei's Urbanization Paradox in the Economic Growth and the Environmental Protection

• Main Authors: YANG ZHEN-WU, 楊振武
• Other Authors: WEN KUO-CHUNG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gzettx

博士 === 中國文化大學 === 建築及都市設計學系 === 106 === Urbanization has been the focus of research of regional science and urban science. In the process of urbanization, the contradiction between economic growth and environmental protection has become increasingly prominent. As an important pole of China’s economy development, The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region have increase the economy rapidly, meanwhile it faces a serious problem in the environment pollution .Therefore, we can start from the process of urbanization, consider the economy, the resource and the environment, and study the paradox, which is between the economic growth and the environment protection on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region. The research on the paradox problem between economic growth and environmental protection can be devided into three problems, the decoupling between economic growth and environment pollution, the urban economy efficiency under the environmental constraint, the synergetic development in the economy-resource-environment system. Using the methods of Decoupling, Data Envelopment Analysis, Panel Model, Spatial Panel Dobbin Model and Synergetic Development Model, we can analysis the decoupling between economic growth and environment pollution, evaluate the urban economy efficiency, study the synergetic development in the economy-resource-environment system. These researches can give us some suggestions for economic growth and environmental improvement, help us solve the paradox between economic growth and environmental protection. The results of this research are as follows:(1)The impact of economic growth on the environment still exists negatively, but tends to develop in the direction of low-carbon economy.There are the three inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curves. However, there were four strong decoupling years after 2008. During the period 2007-2008, the decoupling situation was improved due to the temporary environmental control policy. However,the situation was rapidly deteriorating without the long-term environmental policy.The industrial structure is an important factor which influences the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution. The decoupling between economic growth and environmental pollution in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei is unbalanced. Beijing is the best , and Hebei is the worst. The establishment of long-term environmental policy, optimization of spatial distribution, industrial structure and environmental protection are very important. (2) In 2015, DEA effective cities with technical efficiency are Beijing, Tianjin,Tangshan and Cangzhou. Under the progress of the technology, the urban economy efficiency shows a continuous upward trend and increases 3.6% annually. The dynamic growth of core cities is good.The urban economy efficiency in the core cities, such as Beijing and Tianjin, increase 10% annually.The urban scale, the industry structure and the green indicator are the important factor of the urban green economy efficiency. Developing the urban scale of middle-sized and small cities,adjusting of industrial structure, developing the tertiary industry, reducing the proportion of the secondary industry, clarifying the structure of property rights and developing the individual economies, will help to promote urban economic efficiency. (3)In The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region, the overall level of economy-resource-environment synergistic development is still not high and imbalance and is the strenghthen phase. Beijing has entered a level of good synergetic development, and other cities are at the reluctant coordinated stage and mid-level coordinated stage of development. Factor allocation is the driving forces for the synergistic development. Developing the tertiary industry and reducing the proportion of the secondary industry, will help to develop the economy-resource-environment synergistic development. Therefore, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region is faced with the contradiction of “economic growth and environmental protection”. It is necessary to continue to adjust the industrial structure; strengthen environmental governance; break the administrative boundaries and implement ecological treatment routes; dispel Beijing’s non-capital functions and promote Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region collaboratively.