Abstract:

Sustainable development system is a complex system consisting of economics,society and ecological environment and so on. On the background of Chongming’s ecological island construction,an index system is established based on the principle of regional sustainable development. Four indices including sustainable development index,development trend of sustainability,coordination index,and trend degree index are selected to make a comprehensive evaluation on the ability of Chongming’s sustainable development,which would put a good foundation for scientific prediction and strategic decisionmaking for Chongming’s quick economic development,healthiness of social function as well as sustainable utilization of natural capital stocks. The results showed that the level of sustainable development in Chongming Island increased every year on the whole. The increment also has gained up year after year. Over the past ten years,the development trend of sustainability in Chongming’s sustainable development system was obvious. There is a high coordination index among economics,society and ecological environment,showing a better rhythm between each other. The trend degree is heading for a more advanced stage. The evaluation results are in accordance with real situation.

Key words: Chongming Island, sustainable development, index system, comprehensive evaluation