Emergy-Based Analysis of Ceramic Industry: Product Mix in Dehua

The evaluation of sustainable development capacity of ceramic product mix is significantly important for industrial structure optimization. The EYR, ELR, EER and ESI were applied for the emergy analysis of Daily Porcelain, Western Porcelain and Traditional Porcelain in Dehua, Fujian Province in 2005. The results show that Traditional Porcelain has competing advantages in various environmental aspects. Therefore, the share of Traditional Porcelain product should be increased continuously. In contrast with Western Porcelain, Daily Porcelain has better indices and larger market capacity, and it may be developed as the pillar industry; Western Porcelain product is proposed to be eliminated gradually because the results reveal it has no advantages on all aspects.