| Being the strong link between urban and rural regions, county economy is absolutely the foundation of national economy, especially in the central and west regions of China. As the main body of economic development, the development of county economy will have a great effect on economic and social development of central and west regions. Therefore, how to enhance the sustainable development of county economy in western China is an important issue that we should be fully aware of in the long run. However, according to similar foreign experiences and the analysis of the development course of Chinese county economy in recent years, we should not only focus on the speed and gross amount of county economy development, but also pay enough attention to the environmental problems consequently.As for county economy, the development of which is based on the current resources in the region, it is essential to pay some attention to environmental issues associated with economic development. However, academia, especially domestic academia, mainly concentrates on the growth of GDP in the county while the following environmental problems are often to some extent ignored. There are scanty researches which briefly discuss the harmony between the development of county economy and environment, not to mention the empirical study on the harmonious development between county economy and environment.This thesis fully realizes the strong link between county economy development and the environment harmony. Based on economic growth theory, regional economic theory, the theory of industry economics and the theory of sustainable development, the author take Hengyang City of Hunan Province as the research target to probe deeply into many issues such as how to develop a resources-saving and environmental-friendly society and its county economy pattern with the aid of analytic hierarchy process and factor analysis. This thesis first analyzes theoretically the connotation and characteristics of county economy which defines the boundary of the harmony between economic development and environment; Then the author empirically analyzes the development of county economy in Hengyang in recent years, especially the wasting of resources and environmental deterioration in Hengyang with the rapid economic growth, which is followed by a comprehensive evaluation; Third, this thesis discusses how to choose a more reasonable, resources-saving and environmental-friendly model of county economy development in which the growth of GDP, the increase of benefits and the improvement of life standards are available; Finally, an analysis of policy support necessary to construct an environment-friendly, resource-conserving economy in Hengyang is made.The main content of the thesis are listed as follows:Introduction is in Part Ⅰ. It includes this thesis’s writing background, theoretical significance, research framework and train of thoughts; In addition, this part also elaborates its innovation points.Part Ⅱ introduces the theoretical basis of the resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy. It includes county economy, the connotation of county economy in the two-oriented society, characteristics of county economy in the two-oriented society and basic theories concerning county economy development. This part also analyzes the establishment of harmonious relationship between the county’s economic development and environmental protection from the theoretical level, mainly to provide the theoretical basis.Part Ⅲ introduces the practical experience and revelation based on the construction of resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy. It systematically analyzes and generalizes the typical regions of county economy development at home and abroad. By summarizing their development experiences and lessons, it is possible to acquire a revelation for the case study in this thesis.Part Ⅳ introduces the construction of sustainable development model and index system for resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy. The main content is the comprehensive evaluation of a resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy. Through the following three factors--economic development, social justice and environmental coordination degree, a system of evaluation index is constructed and a comprehensive evaluation model is put forward.Part Ⅴ is about the empirical study on the sustainable development of resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy in Hengyang. With the aid of evaluation model in Part IV, this part comprehensively evaluate the county economy development in Hengyang and reveals the deep-seated problems in the process of sustainable development of Hengyang resources-saving and environmental-friendly county economy.Part Ⅵ introduces the shift of economic developing mode based on the concept of "two-oriented society " construction in Hengyang. This part takes the counties of Hengyang as the research object and concentrates on the specific problems and their reasons of the current county economy development. Combined with county economy models from developed regions, the author propose the patterns and countermeasures for Hengyang county economy development, form a relatively complete system of county economy development, and put forward some policy suggestions necessary to speed up the county economy in Hengyang.Part Ⅶ deals with the path choice for the sustainable development of county economy in Hengyang. The suggestions are listed as follows:promoting agricultural structure adjustment, relying on the resources superiority, taking the path of characteristic economy, etc. Sticking to the road of industrialization, constructing of environmental-friendly county economy, promoting private county economy and cultivating new growth points are fundamental for the sustainable development of county economy in Hengyang of Hunan province. Based on the above-mentioned analysis and combined with the above-mentioned four basic paths, the article provides several concrete countermeasures and suggestions.PatⅧ introduces the conclusion and the prospect. This part summarizes the innovative points of the whole thesis. Moreover it also expounds systematically on the limitations and future research direction. |
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