Urban Circular Economy in China: A Review Based on Chinese Literature Studies

Table 1

Design of the indicator system in different policy practices.

Perspective	Indicator system	Critical points of indicator system
Eco-city	System guarantee, ecological settlement, environmental support, economic operation, consciousness, and culture	Ecological environment
Urban mineral	Development potential of urban mineral, utilization rate of waste resources, waste discharge, ecological environment, “urban mineral” development concept, economic development, social development, technological innovation, and government support	Control of old resources
Resource-based city	Economic development, peopleʼs livelihood improvement, resource guarantee, and ecological environment protection	Resource situation, urban development, and transformation
Sponge city	Water ecology, water environment, water resources, water security, system construction and implementation, and display of water resources	Water resources
Zero-waste city	Solid waste, specifically from the source of solid waste reduction, solid waste resource utilization, solid waste final disposal, security capacity, and public sense of gain	Solid waste