[Retracted] Urban Management in the Dynamic Relationship between the Occurrence of Environmental Pollution Accidents and Economic Development in China

Table 1

China’s EPI indicator assessment scores (selected indicators).

EPI	Target	Policy areas	Indicators	In 2018		In 2007
				Ranking	Score	Ranking	Score
Environmental performance index	Population	Overall	Overall	120	51.85	136	46.36
	Environmental health	Overall	Overall	167	32.83	175	23.36
		Air quality	Overall	177	15.5	177	8.56
			Household solid fuels	110	26.96	118	15.18
			Average PM2.5 exposure	177	2.16	178	1.23
			Exceedance rate of PM2.5	177	13.55	178	7.07
		Water and sanitation	Overall	47	69.35	77	53.94
		Heavy metals	Lead exposure	130	39.13	137	32.27
	Ecosystem vitality	Overall	Overall	39	64.53	44	61.69
		Biodiversity and habitat	Overall	100	73.68	81	75.54
		Forests	Tree cover loss	72	23	63	32.67
		Fisheries	Overall	17	71.52	46	65.61
		Climate and energy	Overall	20	69.73	67	52.82
		Air pollution	Total	62	58.19	33	71.95
			SO2 emissions	65	61.23	35	76.57
			NOx emissions	65	55.16	40	67.33
		Water resources	Wastewater treatment	66	81.31	66	81.43
		Agriculture	Sustainable nitrogen management	61	35.75	61	35.87