Research Article

Competitiveness Evaluation and Obstacle Factor Analysis of Urban Green and Low-Carbon Development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Cities

Table 2

Comprehensive evaluation index system.

Target layerCriterion layerIndex layerUnitIndicator codeIndex property

Evaluation index system of urban green and low-carbon development competitiveness of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei citiesPressure subsystemPopulation density人·Km−2P1(−)
Natural population growth rate%P2(−)
Ten thousand yuan GDP energy consumptiont·yuan−1P3(−)
Industrial sulfur dioxide emissions of ten thousand yuan GDPt·yuan−1P4(−)
Discharge of industrial wastewater from ten thousand yuan GDPt·yuan−1P5(−)
Ten thousand yuan GDP water consumptionm3·yuan−1P6(−)
Industrial dust emission of ten thousand yuan GDPt·yuan−1P7(−)
State subsystemUrban green technology innovation ability%S1(+)
Annual mean value of urban PM2.5 concentrationμg·m−3S2(−)
Annual mean value of urban SO2 concentrationμg·m−3S3(−)
Annual mean value of urban NO2 concentrationμg·m−3S4(−)
Proportion of per capita carbon emissions%S5(−)
Pollution rate of urban water resources%S6(−)
Urbanization rate%S7(−)
Response subsystemPer capita green area coverage%R1(+)
The proportion of the output value of the tertiary industry in GDP%R2(+)
Comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste%R3(+)
Centralized treatment rate of municipal sewage%R4(+)
Harmless treatment rate of municipal solid waste%R5(+)
Proportion of investment in environment, water conservancy and public facilities%R6(+)
Growth rate of per capita consumption of urban green low-carbon products%R7(+)

Note. (+) indicates that the indicator has a positive impact on the target layer; (−) indicates that the indicator has a negative impact on the target layer.