Research Status and Future Trends of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in China: Visual Analysis based on CiteSpace

doi:10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2021.03.011

Abstract

Abstract:

As an important foundation for promoting social progress and economic development, natural resources play an important role in the sustainable development of cities. However, the increasing demand of human beings for natural resources has led to various ecological environmental problems, such as excessive population density, serious environmental pollution, the continuous decline of total natural resources and per capita resources, all of which have hindered sustainable development. Therefore, the study of natural resources and sustainable development has become the focus of many current scholars. In this paper, CiteSpace is used as an analysis tool to analyze the literature on natural resources and sustainable development over the past 20 years. First of all, this paper deeply analyzes the research status of this field in terms of academic research trends, authors and research institutions, co-occurrence of keywords, etc., and on this basis, it then deeply analyzes its evolutionary path and research hot spots in the past 20 years through keyword emergence. Finally, according to the visualization of the analysis results, the future development trends of this research field are speculated: (1) Grasp the current research focus; (2) Improve the research accuracy; (3) Enrich the theoretical system of research; and (4) Establish an interdisciplinary research system.

Key words: CiteSpace, natural resources, quantitative analysis, research trends, sustainable development

ZHANG Quan, BAI Dongmei, PENG Xiaoxue. Research Status and Future Trends of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in China: Visual Analysis based on CiteSpace[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2021, 12(3): 419-429.

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Keywords	Word frequency	Centrality	Year of emergence	Keywords	Word frequency	Centrality	Year of emergence
Sustainable development	113	0.52	2000	Resource	11	0.04	2002
Natural resource	26	0.12	2000	Circular economy	7	0.04	2004
Ecological civilization	16	0.10	2000	China society of natural resource	6	0.04	2005
Environmental accounting	6	0.09	2000	Ecological footprint	4	0.04	2005
China	17	0.08	2000	Green GDP	6	0.03	2002
GDP	5	0.07	2002	Economic growth	3	0.03	2004
Environmental protection	8	0.06	2000	Resource science	3	0.03	2013
Countermeasure	8	0.06	2000	Agricultural resource	5	0.02	2000
Green accounting	4	0.05	2006	Accounting	3	0.02	2000
Ecological compensation	3	0.05	2007	Environmental legal system	2	0.02	2001

Keywords	Word frequency	Centrality	Year of emergence	Keywords	Word frequency	Centrality	Year of emergence
Sustainable development	113	0.52	2000	Resource	11	0.04	2002
Natural resource	26	0.12	2000	Circular economy	7	0.04	2004
Ecological civilization	16	0.10	2000	China society of natural resource	6	0.04	2005
Environmental accounting	6	0.09	2000	Ecological footprint	4	0.04	2005
China	17	0.08	2000	Green GDP	6	0.03	2002
GDP	5	0.07	2002	Economic growth	3	0.03	2004
Environmental protection	8	0.06	2000	Resource science	3	0.03	2013
Countermeasure	8	0.06	2000	Agricultural resource	5	0.02	2000
Green accounting	4	0.05	2006	Accounting	3	0.02	2000
Ecological compensation	3	0.05	2007	Environmental legal system	2	0.02	2001

Ranking	Authors	Number of published papers	Proportion (%)	Year of author's first paper
1	Sun X H	4	1.26	2003
2	Cheng J H	3	0.95	2004
3	Xiao G X	3	0.95	2000
4	Niu W Y	3	0.95	2002
5	Du Q	3	0.95	2001
6	Li G	2	0.63	2003
7	Qiao X W	2	0.63	2003
8	Li W	2	0.63	2008
9	Zan T Q	2	0.63	2003
10	Wang Z	2	0.63	2008
11	Cao X	2	0.63	2001
12	Cai S Q	2	0.63	2001
13	Shen L	2	0.63	2005
14	Wu Q S	2	0.63	2004
15	Zhou H L	2	0.63	2004
16	Ma Z F	2	0.63	2012
17	Li H Y	2	0.63	2009
18	Kong F D	2	0.63	2005
19	Meng W Q	2	0.63	2009
20	Li A N	2	0.63	2001

Ranking	Authors	Number of published papers	Proportion (%)	Year of author's first paper
1	Sun X H	4	1.26	2003
2	Cheng J H	3	0.95	2004
3	Xiao G X	3	0.95	2000
4	Niu W Y	3	0.95	2002
5	Du Q	3	0.95	2001
6	Li G	2	0.63	2003
7	Qiao X W	2	0.63	2003
8	Li W	2	0.63	2008
9	Zan T Q	2	0.63	2003
10	Wang Z	2	0.63	2008
11	Cao X	2	0.63	2001
12	Cai S Q	2	0.63	2001
13	Shen L	2	0.63	2005
14	Wu Q S	2	0.63	2004
15	Zhou H L	2	0.63	2004
16	Ma Z F	2	0.63	2012
17	Li H Y	2	0.63	2009
18	Kong F D	2	0.63	2005
19	Meng W Q	2	0.63	2009
20	Li A N	2	0.63	2001

Ranking	Institutions	Number of published papers	Proportion (%)	Year of author's first paper
1	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences	10	3.15	2001
2	School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University	3	0.95	2009
3	Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University	2	0.63	2005
4	Northeast Forestry University	2	0.63	2011
5	School of Law, Chongqing University	2	0.63	2009
6	Institute of Resource Science, Beijing Normal University	2	0.63	2001
7	School of Economics, Minzu University of China	2	0.63	2011
8	School of Law, Fudan University	2	0.63	2008
9	School of Environment, Renmin University of China	2	0.63	2006
10	School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University	2	0.63	2010