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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Green Development Levels of Central and Eastern
China: Assessment, Spatiotemporal Evolution,
and Comparisons of Classifications
1
School of Economics and Trade, Fujian Jiangxia University, Fuzhou, China
2
Xiamen National Accounting Institute, Island-Coast Express, Xiamen, China
Submission date: 2023-11-17
Final revision date: 2024-01-30
Acceptance date: 2024-04-08
Online publication date: 2024-09-16
Publication date: 2025-01-09
Corresponding author
Liping Zhang
School of Economics and Trade, Fujian Jiangxia University, Xiyuangong Road, 350108, Fuzhou, China
School of Economics and Trade, Fujian Jiangxia University, Xiyuangong Road, 350108, Fuzhou, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(2):1905-1920
KEYWORDS
greed development levelscentral and eastern Chinaspatiotemporal evolutioncomparisons of classifications
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
This study aims to assess the green development levels of central and eastern China,
explore the spatiotemporal evolution in green development in these regions, and compare their
characteristics of green development patterns. Central and eastern China are the nation’s most
economically dynamic and densely populated areas. These regions’ status of green development
is highly critical for the country’s overall “green transformation”. In this paper, we first
constructed a green development assessment index system and then utilized IFAHP to calculate
the weights of indicators. After the data for these indicators was collected, GRA-TOPSIS was
employed to measure the green development levels. We then analyzed the spatiotemporal
evolution of green development levels in these areas and made a comparative analysis. Results
reveal that the values of green development levels in all these regions range between 0.4 and
0.6 and that the levels of green development between the central and eastern regions show
significant disparities. It was also found that the overall green development levels exhibited a
trend of fluctuation with an upward trajectory. Additionally, we observed that the proportion of
high-level regions remained consistently below 50%, and a spatial agglomeration pattern exists
in these regions. This study can not only provide insights for governments in central and eastern
China to formulate green development policies but also provide inspiration for other countries
with similar conditions to design green development strategies.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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