Development Levels of Low-Carbon Economy at Provincial Scales in China
中国省域尺度低碳经济发展综合水平评价

Low-carbon Economy (LCE) would be a prospective trend in the world as development of its theory continues. The authors established an index system and a weighted aggregative index to evaluate the development level of LCE at provincial scales in Mainland China using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and K-Means Cluster. A judgment matrix was constructed after a structure model of AHP was built. Then, we consulted a number of experts specializing in the fields of resources, environment, economics, and su...