Efficiency Estimation of Urban Metabolism Via Emergy, DEA Of
Ecological Indicators 85 (2018) 276–284 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Ecological Indicators journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolind Research paper Efficiency estimation of urban metabolism via Emergy, DEA of time-series MARK ⁎ Yi Wua,b, Wei Quec, , Yun-guo Liua,b, Jiang Lia,b, Li Caod, Shao-bo Liue, Guang-ming Zenga,b, Jing Zhangf a College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China b Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China c School of Economy and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China d School of Business Administration, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China e School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China f College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, PR China ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Evaluating the efficiency of urban metabolism is an effective tool to quantitatively analyze the relationship Efficiency of urban metabolism between social, environmental and economic input and output in an urban ecosystem. In this paper, there are the Emergy combination Emergy synthesis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Date Envelopment Analysis (DEA) of DEA of time series time-series approach to comprehensive assessment urban metabolism for the first time. DEA of time-series has Changsha the advantage of fully considering the technology changes every year, it can reflect clearly the overall situation of urban metabolism, including the use of various resources and the development of environmental sustainability cycle. The results show that, with the overall efficiency of metabolism ensured a generally steady rise in Changsha, the trend of urban environmental load rate is increased obviously, there is facing the huge pressure of ecosystem in Changsha.
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