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Ecological network analysis for economic systems: growth and development and implications for sustainable development
Jiali Huang1, Robert E Ulanowicz2
1Centre of Mountain Development, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Plos One
|July 1, 2014
Summary
This study quantifies economic growth and development using network analysis. Beijing
Area of Science:
- Economics
- Ecological Network Analysis
- Sustainability Science
Background:
- Quantifying economic growth and development is crucial for understanding sustainability.
- Economic systems can be viewed as complex flow networks.
- Ecological Network Analysis (ENA) provides tools for analyzing these systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To quantify the growth and development of the Beijing economic system using ENA.
- To analyze the contributions of economic flows to growth and development.
- To discuss implications for sustainable economic development.
Main Methods:
- Representing the Beijing economic system as a currency network using input-output tables (1985-2010).
- Applying Ecological Network Analysis (ENA) to calculate system-level indices.
- Calculating the contributions of direct economic flows to system ascendency in 2010.
Main Results:
- Beijing's economic system exhibited exponential growth but limited development between 1985 and 2010.
- Growth was the dominant characteristic of the economic system during this period.
- System ascendency, a measure of development, fluctuated narrowly.
Conclusions:
- Increasing system ascendency is key to fostering more sustainable economic development in Beijing.
- Strengthening pathways with positive contributions to ascendency is recommended.
- Weakening pathways with negative effects on ascendency is also advised.
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