Table 2 Selected indicators for LCC and weights.

From: Effects of trial urban growth boundary delineation on land carrying capacity in China

 

Domains

Indicators

Categories

Weights

Land carrying capacity (LCC)

Economic carrying capacity of land (ECC)

GDP per capita

+

0.040

GDP per land

+

0.062

Investment in fixed assets per land

+

0.082

Social carrying capacity of land (SOC)

Population density in built-up areas

-

0.078

Urban road space per capita

+

0.061

Number of persons employed in urban place of work per land

+

0.065

Public budget expenditures for education

+

0.066

Public budget expenditures for science and technology

+

0.056

Ecological carrying capacity of land (ENC)

Utilization rate of industrial solid waste

+

0.083

Rate of harmless treatment of municipal domestic waste

+

0.051

Area of greenery coverage in built-up areas

+

0.069

Green space per capita

+

0.073

Industrial wastewater discharge

-

0.086

Industrial SO2 emission

-

0.064

Industrial smoke and dust emission

-

0.063