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| RELATIVE CARRYING CAPACITY OF RESOURCES AND PROBLEMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN XI'AN |
| WANG Ya-wen, CAO Ming-ming |
| Department of Urban & Resource Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China |
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Abstract The ideas and methods about relative carrying capacity of resource were used in this paper. The relative carrying capacity of land resources, relative carrying capacity of economic resources and synthetic capacity of Xi'an have been calculated, the evolution have been described, from 1978 to 2002, compared with the whole country and Shaan'xi province respectively. The principal sustainabl e development problem of Xi'an consisted in disharmony among population growth, economy development, natural resources, and the problem resulted in the synthetic carrying capacity of Xi'an has been the state of overload long-term, and the tendency of overload state will be aggravating in the near future because of the reduce of land resources. To resolve these problems, the strategic measures for sustainable development to Xi'an should be taken.
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Received: 20 May 2004
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2005, Vol. 20 
