Assessment Of The Sustainability Of Economy, Resources And Environment In Hunan Province

The economical, resource and environmental sustainability of Hunan Province in 1990's was studied qualitatively and quantitatively in this article using a new method, which applied modern sustainable development theory and SAMRE method, and cooperates with the principle of environmentology, economics and statistics. The main results were as follows:Many natural and social resources, which included human resource, mine resource, energy resource, land resource, water resource, forest resource, biotic resource and tour resource, were key ones during development of Hunan Province. The environmental pollution of Hunan was still heavy. Hunan's development had been affected greatly by environmental pollution and ecology destruction caused by Three Wastes', acid rain, water and soil resources loss, and so on.The development of Hunan Province in 1990's was at the cost of significant resource and environmental loss. In this study period, the annual NRP loss was Y 3.74×108 to Y 25.44×108, accounting for 0.11% to 1.05% of annual GDP with the average of 0.63%. The main reasons for resource loss were cultivated land decreasing sharply, surface soil loss, coal mine consumption and grassland degeneration. The iron mine resource consumption and shortage of surface water resource caused loss lightly. The annual NEP loss was negative. It was Y 26.03×108 to Y 80.07×108, accounting for 1.86% to 3.40% with the average of 2.33%. It shown that environmental cost was greater than resource one for economical development, about 3.70 times greater. The main pollutants arising great environment loss were SO2,waste water, smoke and dust, and solid waste subsequently.Annual of genuine saving (Sg) of Hunan Province was positive, and the rate of Sg was 14.31% to 21.26% with the average of 16.95%. The annual Sg was more than zero and less than Sn in Hunan Province. According to the sustainable standarddefined by SAMRE method, the development trend of Hunan Province was weak sustainability. However, we should notice that, the trend of the loss of NRP, NEP and Sg was decreasing at large, and the rate of Sg was increasing. It suggested that the development of Hunan Province was transferring from simple economy increase to social, economical, resource and environmental development harmoniously.When it is applied to assess the economical, resource and environmental sustainability, the accuracy of SAMRE needs to be validated further because of the restraint of the statistical data and its theoretical and methodological faultiness.