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Table 3 Environmental quality evaluation for Mount Lushan

From: Joint development of cultural heritage protection and tourism: the case of Mount Lushan cultural landscape heritage site

Index layer

Data Layer

Source of data

Unit

Index trend

Index weight

Original data

Comprehensive index

2017

2018

2017

2018

Pressure indicators

Total number of visitors

Non-monitored

10,000

persons

−

0.08

5012

6180

0.24

0.16

Sulphur dioxide emissions

Non-monitored

Ton

−

0.08

0

0.01

Smoke emission

Non-monitored

Ton

−

0.08

1.13

0.18

Total permanent population

Non-monitored

Persons

−

0.08

24.48

24.57

State indicators

PM2.5

Monitored data

μg/m3

−

0.08

40

38

0.08

0.32

Sulfur dioxide concentration

Monitored data

μg/m3

−

0.08

10

9

Forest area

Non-monitored

ha

 + 

0.08

22,503

22,677

Negative oxygen content

Monitored data

per unit volume/cm3

 + 

0.08

2496

2550

Response indicators

Environmental management expenditure

Non-monitored

10,000

yuan

 + 

0.08

361

738

0.09

0.16

Pollution control expenditure

Non-monitored

10,000

yuan

 + 

0.08

1678

1123

Area of newly planted forest

Non-monitored

ha

 + 

0.08

3000

3000

Expenditure on forestry cultivation

Non-monitored

10,000

yuan

 + 

0.08

1058

1145

Environmental health index

0.42

0.64

  1. " + " represents a positive indicator and "−" represents a negative indicator; we assume that the weight of each index is equal and set at 0.08. "Non-monitored" means that the data comes from the economic and social data of government departments