| Urban comprehensive carrying capacity | Carrying capacity status | Connotation description |
| <0.4 | Serious overload (S1) | Traditional extensive |
| 0.4 - 0.6 | Overload (S2) | Carrier is not enough to support the benign development of the city |
| 0.6 - 0.8 | Critical load (S3) | Urban development is on the edge of carrying capacity |
| 0.8 - 1 | Suitable for load (S4) | Sustainable urban development |
| >1 | Fully loadable (S5) | Urban development with welfare surplus |