Assessment of Sustainability Status and Trend of Shenyang City Based on DPSIR Framework
Industrialization and urbanization have stimulated rapid city development.However, they have created incomparability between resources, environment, economy and society in cities.This paper synthesizes the major cause and effect relationships of sustainability issues by DPSIR ( Driving force - Pressure - Status - Impact - Response) approach, then design an evaluation model on the base of this analysis to assess sustainability status and trends in Shenyang city.It is concluded that the transformation has been progressing towards sustainability; otherwise there are some fundamental problems such as aging, water shortage and environmental pollution.