GAO Xukuo, DENG Xuan. Evaluation of Investment Efficiency in Reclaimed Water with Consideration of Social and Environmental Benefits[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(1): 248-254.
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GAO Xukuo, DENG Xuan. Evaluation of Investment Efficiency in Reclaimed Water with Consideration of Social and Environmental Benefits[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(1): 248-254. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2017.01.044.
Evaluation of Investment Efficiency in Reclaimed Water with Consideration of Social and Environmental Benefits
[Objective] The study aims to evaluate the investment efficiency in reclaimed water projects in different regions of China with consideration of social and environmental benefits of the investment
and intend to propose differentiated improvement strategies for different regions. [Methods] This study selected 22 provinces
4 municipalities and 5 autonomous regions(excluding Hongkong
Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province) as the research objects and used DEA model and Malmquist index model to calculate the investment efficiency. [Results] The investment efficiency in reclaimed water in China was 0.858
and the efficiency was uneven among different provinces. The investment efficiency of reclaimed water in China is normal and it still has room to be improved. Investment efficiency of reclaimed water considering economic
social and environmental benefits is higher than that considering only economic efficiency. [Conclusion] Regional development is unbalanced
the investment efficiency is different among provinces due to different reasons. Therefore
provinces should be divided into different categories and different technology
management
policy and comprehensive improvement strategy should be proposed and carried out.
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