Shandong Science ›› 2025, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 109-116.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20240150

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Study on ecological environmental damage compensation and drivers in the Lower Yellow River Basin

ZHANG Huiying(), DUAN Haiyan, SONG Junhua, TANG Xiaojuan, DUAN Zhiyuan*(), HUANG Lihui, GAO Zhenhui   

  1. Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics, Shandong University,Qingdao 266237,China
  • Received:2024-12-13 Online:2025-04-20 Published:2025-04-16

Abstract:

An ecological environmental damage compensation system is a key mechanism for promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the Lower Yellow River Basin. This study focuses on 2 371 ecological environmental damage compensation cases across nine prefecture-level cities in the Lower Yellow River Basin in Shandong province, analyzes their characteristics, and uses the LMDI model to determine factors for these cases and thus identify the directions and degrees of the main drivers. The findings provide strategies for preventing and controlling ecological environmental damage in the Lower Yellow River Basin. This study reveals that air pollution cases are the highest (75.6%) in the Lower Yellow River Basin, and the compensation intensity and cost rate of ecological environmental damage are the primary factors inhibiting an increase in the number of cases. Specifically, the most notable inhibitory effect of the compensation intensity is observed in Dezhou city, with a contribution of -993.71%, while the highest inhibitory effect of the cost rate of ecological environmental damage is noticed in Jinan city, with a contribution of -301.96%. The economic development level and population size positively drive the increase in the number of cases, although the contribution of the population size to this increase is relatively small. The highest positive driving effect of the economic development level is observed in Jining city, with a contribution of 23.71%. Based on these findings, measures such as promoting green economic transformation and diversifying compensation models can help control ecological environmental damage. The findings of this study provide valuable insights for implementing the ecological environmental damage compensation system in the Lower Yellow River Basin.

Key words: the Lower Yellow River Basin, logarithmic mean and divisia index model, ecological environmental damage compensation, the compensation intensity, cost rate of ecological environmental damage

CLC Number: 

  • X197