Analysis of Coupling Co-Ordination between Intensive Sea Use and the Marine Economy in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt of China

Table 3

Comprehensive evaluation indicator system for the marine economy.

Criterion level	Level-1 indicator	Level-2 indicator	Weight
Comprehensive evaluation of the marine economy	Degree of development of the marine economy	Total marine GDP in coastal areas	0.13
		Port cargo throughput	0.13
		Coastline economic density	0.14
	Structure of the marine industries	Location quotient of marine industries (Fi)^5	0.09
		Marine industry structure index^6	0.14
	Development potential of the marine economy	Technology investment intensity	0.2
		Rate of return on the fixed-asset investment of marine industries	0.14
		Labor elasticity coefficient	0.03