Study on Dynamic Relationship between Economic Growth and Environmental Change:A Case Study of Jilin Province

Applying the methods of the non-residual decomposition model and Cobb-Douglas production function,the factors driving environmental changes and economic growth were extracted.The allometric growth law was used to analyze the relative dynamic relationship between economic and environmental subsystems in Jilin Province based on the analysis of the differences in the effects of factors on environmental and economic systems.The results showed that economic growth and environmental changes presented different growing dimensions.The scale effects on environmental changes depended on the input level of resource elements in economic systems.The technical factor driving economic growth was only one of the factors preventing environmental deterioration,and the technical change of environmental system was independent to a certain extent.There were both correlations and differences between economic growth and environmental changes.Economic systems resulted in a reverse"U"quantitative relationship between economic growth and environmental changes,while environmental factors determined on which pollution level environmental systems could get across the"environmental mountain".The relative rate of environmental changes and economic growth was characterized by a generalized fractal dimension.The negative allometric growth between environmental changes and economic growth is the fundamental way to achieve the objective of sustainable development.