A method of green GDP accounting based on eco-service and a case study of Wuyishan, China

AbstractGreen GDP is an effective economic indicator of urban environmental management. This paper introduces a new method of accounting Green GDP, which puts the value of direct ecosystem services into GDP. Direct ecosystem services are weighted by their virtual prices and aggregated in the same way as market goods and services in GDP. They are components of nature, directly enjoyed, consumed, or used to yield human well-being. They belong to ecosystem services. In order to choose direct ecosystem services reasonably, two principles are put forward. That is, when calculating the value of ecosystem services for Green GDP, the differences between services for human beings and services for other living beings must be considered. And the green GDP of Wuyishan city of China is accounted, considering the direct ecological services value of urban ecosystem as environmental benefit. The results show that the value of direct ecosystem services in Wuyishan City in 2005 has reached 2.3 billion yuan RMB, and the green GDP is 15.3 billion yuan RMB