title: [Supply-demand level and development capability of Harbin urban ecosystem].
abstract: To measure the supply-demand level and the development capability of urban ecolsystem is the prerequisite in ensuring urban sustainable development. By using the analysis model of ecological footprint and the improved model of urban ecological carrying capacity, the utilization rate and supply degree of natural resources in Harbin City in 1998-2005 were quantitatively studied, with the supply-demand level and development capability of the City's ecosystem measured and analyzed comprehensively. The results showed that in 1998-2005, the demand of Harbin urban ecosystem was greater than its supply. Though the ecological deficit had an annual decrement of 2.45%, the contradiction between demand and supply of the ecosystem was still obvious. The diversity index of ecological footprint and the development capability both presented an overall uptrend, but the increment of the latter was far greater than that of the former, which illustrated the enhancement of the development capability being based on the consumption of ecological resources, and the urban development being of not sustainable. Social economic measures should be adopted to coordinate the contradiction between demand and supply and to realize the sustainable development of Harbin City.
authors.affiliation: Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, China. chunmiaocai@163.com
authors.forename: Chun-miao
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jin-cheng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002958:City Planning; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*