Hall. Why Blue Zones & ecological factors. by Kierstin Hall

- Bai, Ling, et al. “The Spatial Differentiation and Driving Forces of Ecological Welfare Performance in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 22, 2022, pp. 14801-, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214801.

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Over time, the idea of EWP was reconceptualized to include economic dimensions, which led to the development of comprehensive welfare indicators. Among these indicators, the human development index (HDI) is one of the widely adopted indicators in evaluating EWP. As a comprehensive index, the HDI takes into account the basic essentials of human development by considering life expectancy at birth, education status and income level in its quantification.

- Bai, Ling, et al. “The Spatial Differentiation and Driving Forces of Ecological Welfare Performance in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 19, no. 22, 2022, pp. 14801-, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214801.

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However, HDI still has two shortcomings. First, HDI focuses too much on economic growth and fails to consider the influence of environmental factors on human welfare. The index does not pay enough attention to ecology and ignores information about environmental sustainability

- Hou, Jundong, et al. “Two-Stage Super-Efficiency Slacks-Based Model to Assess China’s Ecological Wellbeing.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 19, 2020, pp. 7045-, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197045.

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However, current industrial and urbanization pressures are far greater than the surrounding ecosystems can bear and economic gains far beyond any increases in human wellbeing [9]. Therefore, to address these environmental and wellbeing issues, ecological consumption efficiency and human wellbeing levels must be attained within ecological thresholds

- Hou, Jundong, et al. “Two-Stage Super-Efficiency Slacks-Based Model to Assess China’s Ecological Wellbeing.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 19, 2020, pp. 7045-, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197045.

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Theoretically, ecological economics states that large scale economic growth is restricted by the limits of the environment . Based on this supposition, Daly argued that national sustainability could be evaluated using the ratio of improved human wellbeing to the ecological resources consumed to improve this wellbeing, from which the EWP idea originated.

Shuang, Liu, et al. “Research on the Degree of Coupling of the Internet Development Level and Agricultural——Ecological Efficiency Based on 2009–2018 Data from 13 Major Grain-Producing Areas in China.” PloS One, vol. 16, no. 7, 2021, pp. e0254078–e0254078, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254078.

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Ecological efficiency was first proposed by the German scholars Schaltegger and Sturm . The improvement of the ecological efficiency depends on the environmental impact of the lower resource consumption in the production of products. Research on agricultural ecological efficiency can be a valuable reference for the formulation and improvement of government agricultural policies.

Shuang, Liu, et al. “Research on the Degree of Coupling of the Internet Development Level and Agricultural——Ecological Efficiency Based on 2009–2018 Data from 13 Major Grain-Producing Areas in China.” PloS One, vol. 16, no. 7, 2021, pp. e0254078–e0254078, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254078.

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Shi et al. analyzed the coupling coordination between economic development and the ecological environment in the tropical and subtropical regions of China . Dong et al. measured the degree of coupling and coordination between the upstream, midstream, and downstream wind power industry chains in China.

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The connection between these two quotes align with the coupling coordination. They have similarities between economic development and ecological environment. Both sources emphasize the importance of coordinated development between different factors.

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hallx516 — 2025-02-22 04:50:31 UTC

The connection between these two quotes is the improving of sustainability and including environmental impact. The EWP idea shows how to evaluate well economic growth and how it translates with human well being while still being within environmental limits.

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hallx516 — 2025-02-22 04:55:05 UTC

The connection between these two quotes align in the HDI and the need for ab better approach to sustainability that enforces economic development and ecological considerations.