The Research on the Assessment of Sustainable Development of County Economy

AbstractCounty economy is developing rapidly. Meanwhile, there are serious problems existed, such as over-consumption of resources, devastation of the environment, and degradation of ecology, which hinder the sustainable development of the county economy seriously. Thus, designing a set of index system for assessing sustainable development of county economy to save natural resources, prevent environmental deterioration and coordinate the sustainable development of county economy and environment has been the point of economical development. Based on the theory of regional economics, this paper discussed the assessment of sustainable development of county economy by analyzing the issues of sustainable development of county economy.© 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of RIUD