The Dynamic Relationship Research between Social Development and Ecological Pressure in Shaanxi Province Based on Impulse Response Analysis

This paper calculates the ecological footprint, ecological capacity and ecological pressure index of Shaanxi Province from 1991 to 2011 by the method of ecological footprint. And it gets the ecological security level trend in 21 years of Shaanxi Province. Then the paper selects five different indicators to establish index system. The state index of social development in Shaanxi Province is calculated by use of the model element extension method and correlation function. And then, based on the impulse response analysis, this paper researches the social development and ecological security dynamic relationship in Shaanxi Province. The results shows that social development in Shaanxi Province has the positively impact on ecological pressure. While the ecological pressure shows a negative impact on social development.