Considering climate change and regional differences: An efficiency assessment of coal mine use and land restoration

Kuei Ying Huang, Tzu Han Chang, Yung ho Chiu, Chih Yu Yang, Tai Yu Lin

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Abstract

China is the country with the largest coal mining production and consumption in the world, but due to a large amount of coal burning, air pollution and climate change are exasperating related problems. The previous literature mainly has discussed coal mine production and environmental pollution, but failed to take into account external factors such as climate change and seldom discussed the relationship between coal mine land use and land restoration. Therefore, this study uses the meta-Epsilon-Based Measure two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis under the exogenous model and incorporates coal mine land use and land restoration use into the model to explore the relationship between the two under climate change. The research results are as follows. (1) If the external climate factors are not considered, then the phenomenon of overestimation or underestimation of the technology gap arises. (2) The efficiency value of the coal mining stage in most provinces is generally higher than the land restoration efficiency value.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)578-601
Number of pages24
JournalNatural Resources Forum
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Aug

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Environmental Science

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