Assessing Ecological Civilization Performance: An Application of Systematic Economic-Ecological Accounting (SEEA)
Abstract
China's central authority has included constructing ecological civilization among
the top-five development strategies of China, but there is no well-developed tool
to assess the the local governments' performances on ecological conservation or provide
sustained incentives for the local officials. This paper shows that the Systematic
Economic-Ecological Accounting (SEEA), an accounting system that records the productive
and asset activity of both man-made and ecological capital of the society, is a necessary
and feasible assessment tool for ecological civilization. Framework of the accounting
system and potential improvements built on current studies are provided. An experimental
case that calculates the value of the annual ecosystem services in Kunshan, a county
in Jiangsu Province, demonstrates the application of the accounting framework and
methods within the current data limitation.
Subject
ecological civilizationecological capital
natural capital accounting
performance assessment
sustainable income
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