Abstract:

It is significant to research environmental effects of the regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta for constructing of resource economical and environment friendly society and enhancing the regional overall competitiveness. The paper summarized domestic and international research progress on theories, methods and practices in environmental effects of regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta, pointed out the weak side of current study in this field and prospected main research directions in the future. Studies suggested that the environmental issues of the regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta are generally concerned. Study on the influence mechanism and the effect of environment of regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta from the spatial pattern of economic change, industry cluster and pollutant transition, population growth pressure and growth in foreign direct investment and other aspects, countermeasures to solve the environmental effects of the Yangtze River Delta were also discussed from a regional environmental cooperation (environmental integration), regional ecological compensation and environmental regulation and other aspects of regional integration. Quantitative analysis methods, including econometric model and ArcGIS space partition method have been applied to concern the environment variable and regional space optimization pattern based on environmental constraints. In current research, theoretical studies and approach applications are still insufficient, and the research system is still not formed. In the future, the theory research based on mechanism of environmental effects resulted in regional integration should be enhanced, and multidisciplinary merges, enrichment of research approaches and technical methods should also be strengthened