A Study of the Coordinated Development of Marine Resources Environment and Economy of Liaoning Province Using a Variable Fuzzy Recognition Model

Liaoning Province is the only coastal province of northeastern China;its sustainable development is highly dependent upon the sea.It is,therefore,of great importance to examine the coordination between the marine economy and the resources and environment.The authors proposed an index system to evaluate the degree of the coordination between the marine economy and the resources and environment on the basis of comprehensively investigating the status quo of resources and environment-based economy of Liaoning Province.The coordination degree in the evaluation system was quantified by a variable fuzzy recognition model.Results show that the degree of the coordination between resources and environment and the economy of Liaoning Province was progressively transforming from an imbalance status to a preliminarily coordinated status during the period 1996-2007.In addition,we also compared the degree of the coordination between resources and environment and economic growth of Liaoning Province with other coastal provinces in China,indicating that Liaoning Province was low-ranking.The major reasons for this gap have been revealed.In summary,the variable fuzzy recognition model seems to be applicable to studies in the coordination between resources and environment and economic development,showing relatively simple computation steps and reliable evaluation results.