Functional Coupling Degree and Human Activity Intensity of Production–Living–Ecological Space in Underdeveloped Regions in China: Case Study of Guizhou Province

(1) Background: Clarify the coordinated development level of production, living, and ecological spaces in the underdeveloped areas of China and their relationship with the intensity of human activity. Explore and address the problems that are likely to be faced when developing these areas and improve the quality of China’s new urbanization development. Promote the coordinated and sustainable development of the economy, society and ecology in underdeveloped areas. Guizhou Province is located in southwest China; the landform is broken and complex. Its economic development level is low. It is one of the representatives of underdeveloped areas in China. Therefore, Guizhou Province of China was selected as the study area. (2) Methods: This paper constructs the evaluation index system of the production–living–ecological space (PLES) functional system in China’s underdeveloped areas, and uses the coupling coordination degree model to measure the development coordination level of the study area. The human activity intensity model was used to calculate the human activity intensity in the study area. Response index is introduced to analyze the relationship between the spatial function coupling coordination degree and the intensity of human activities. (3) Results: Before 2015, the level of functional coupling coordination degree of production–living–ecological space (PLES) in the study area fluctuated, and after 2015, it showed a stable and coordinated development trend. The intensity of human activity continues to increase, and the interaction between human activity and local production–living–ecological space (PLES) function coupling coordination is intense. (4) Conclusions: human activity is a significant factor affecting regional, coordinated and sustainable development. In less developed areas, the impact of human activity is more obvious. Human activity, in combination with the theory of the human–land relationship and the moderate intensity of human activity, are important ways to improve the coordinated and sustainable development of underdeveloped regions.

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Quantitative Analysis in the Coordinated Development of Human Settlements Environment and Economy for Guizhou

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.587-589.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 587-589 ◽

pp. 11-15

Author(s):

Lu Li ◽

Xian Gui Xue

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Principal Component ◽

Fuzzy Mathematics ◽

Objective Method ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Human Settlements ◽

Regional Sustainable Development ◽

Mathematics Method ◽

Coordination Degree

This paper used the objective method by principal component analysis and fuzzy mathematics method to assess the coordination degree of human settlements environment and economy since 2005 in Guizhou.Combined with the reality to propose the main countermeasure to realize the regional sustainable development.

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Evaluation of Coupling and Coordinated Development of Marine Economic Policy and Marine Service Industry

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202123501011 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 235 ◽

pp. 01011

Author(s):

Zuoliang Lv ◽

Bin Li

Keyword(s):

Economic Policy ◽

Service Industry ◽

Causal Effect ◽

Good Condition ◽

Economic Policies ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Development Level ◽

Main Factors ◽

The Government ◽

Coordination Degree

This article studies the coordinated development of marine economic policy and marine service industry by constructing a system for evaluating marine economic policy and marine service industry indicators and applying a coupled coordination degree model, and analyzes its development laws. The research shows that the coordinated development level of marine economic policy and marine service industry is on the rise, the interaction level among the elements in the system is enhanced, the cyclic cumulative causal effect and cluster advantage are enhanced, and the coordinated development level is adjusted from primary imbalance to primary coordination. Under the comprehensive effect of the stable curve law of the development of marine economic policies and the stable rising law of the development of marine service industry, the development of marine service industry is in good condition, and the development of marine economic policies lags behind. To further promote the high-quality development of marine service industry, the government can strengthen Guide the connection between the main factors of the two systems and the positive and dynamic response to further promote the coordinated development of the two.

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An Empirical Study on the Coordinated Development of Economy and Ecological Environment of Eastern City Group in Qinghai Province

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202123603015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 236 ◽

pp. 03015

Author(s):

Yatian Liu ◽

Shengxi Ding

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Environmental Economic ◽

Entropy Method ◽

Urban Agglomeration ◽

Ecological Environment ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Qinghai Province ◽

Development Level ◽

Comprehensive Development ◽

Coordination Degree

Firstly, this article uses the Entropy method to calculate the weights of economic development and ecological environment indicators in the eastern urban agglomeration of Qinghai Province from 2005 to 2019. Secondly, this article uses the calculated weights and linear weighting functions to construct evaluation models for economic development and ecological environment development, respectively. The results show that the comprehensive development level of the economic development in the eastern urban agglomeration of Qinghai Province cities is gradually rising, and the comprehensive development level of the ecological environment fluctuates slightly but the overall development trend is increasing. Then, using the Environmental-Economic Coordination degree evaluation model, quantitative analysis and evaluation of the Environmental-Economic system coordination degree, it is found that the coordinated development of the economic and ecological environment of the eastern urban agglomeration in Qinghai Province is relatively well. Finally, it analysis and proposes countermeasures and suggestions to promote the coordinated development of the economic and environmental system of the eastern urban agglomeration in Qinghai Province.

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Sustainable Development of New Urbanization from the Perspective of Coordination: A New Complex System of Urbanization‒Technology Innovation and the Atmospheric Environment

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos10110652 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 652 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bin Jiang ◽

Lei Ding ◽

Xuejuan Fang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Technology Innovation ◽

Strategic Decision ◽

Atmospheric Environment ◽

Entropy Weight ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

New Type ◽

Urbanization In China ◽

Coordination Degree

Exploring the coordinated development of urbanization (U), technology innovation (T), and the atmospheric environment (A) is an important way to realize the sustainable development of new-type urbanization in China. Compared with existing research, we developed an integrated index system that accurately represents the overall effect of the three subsystems of UTA, and a new weight determination method, the structure entropy weight (SEW), was introduced. Then, we constructed a coordinated development index (CDI) of UTA to measure the level of sustainability of new-type urbanization. This study also analyzed trends observed in UTA for 11 cities in Zhejiang Province of China, using statistical panel data collected from 2006 to 2017. The results showed that: (1) urbanization efficiency, the benefits of technological innovation, and air quality weigh the most in the indicator systems, which indicates that they are key factors in the behavior of UTA. The subsystem scores of the 11 cities show regional differences to some extent. (2) Comparing the coordination level of UTA subsystems, we found that the order is: coordination degree of UT > coordination degree of UA > coordination degree of TA. This suggests that the atmospheric environment system improvement is an important strategic decision for sustainable urbanization in Zhejiang. (3) The UTACDI values of the 11 cities are not high enough, as the coordination is mainly low, basic, or good, while none of the cities reached the stage of excellent coordination. (4) Gray Model (1,1) revealed that the time taking to achieve excellent coordination varies for different cities. Hangzhou and Ningbo were predicted to reach the excellent coordination level in 2018. Other cities are predicted to take 2–4 years to adjust their urbanization strategies enough to be considered to have excellent coordination of their UTA system.

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Evaluation of Water Resources Security in the Karst Region from the “Man-Land-Water” Perspective: A Case Study of Guizhou Province

Water ◽

10.3390/w11020224 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 224 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qun-Wei Zheng ◽

Wei-Ci Su ◽

Feng-Tai Zhang ◽

Zi-Qin Zhou

Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Human Activity ◽

Spatiotemporal Variation ◽

Evaluation Index System ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Karst Region ◽

Security Evaluation ◽

Activity Intensity ◽

Comprehensive Index ◽

Geomorphological Features

This paper constructs a water resources security evaluation model from the “man (human activity intensity)-land (geological and geomorphological features)-water (water resources background conditions)” perspective, which accounts for the characteristics of hydrology and water resources in karst areas. A water resources security evaluation index system is established from three aspects (i.e., the background conditions of water resources, human activity intensity and geological and geomorphological features). The evaluation standard threshold is determined in accordance with relevant standards and domestic/foreign development experience. Both the comprehensive weights obtained by the Lagrange coefficient and the multi-objective fuzzy membership functions are used to comprehensively evaluate the spatial and temporal evolution of water resources security in Guizhou Province from 2001 to 2015. The results show that the water resources security comprehensive index of Guizhou Province was between 0.6 and 0.8 during this time (relatively safe type) and the safety was trending upwards. However, the comprehensive index of water resources security of each city in Guizhou Province demonstrates significant spatiotemporal variation. Whilst the comprehensive index was low in the Western part and high in the Eastern part of the province, it generally improved over time for the entire province. Moreover, the criteria layer indexes of water resources security in Guizhou Province and all cities also showed different degrees of variation and regional consistency across space and time. The interaction among these three aspects promoted the spatiotemporal variation of the Water Resources Security Comprehensive Index. In order to safeguard and improve water resources security, it is important to strengthen ecological and environmental management, promote the efficient use of water resources, establish sound management measures and security system related institutions and ensure water resources security.

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Research on the Sustainable Development Based on PREES Model of Beijing

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1605 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 291-294 ◽

pp. 1605-1609

Author(s):

Wen Yan Guo ◽

Li Ma ◽

Qiong Wang ◽

Xiao Liu Shen

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Principal Component ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The City ◽

Coordination Degree

This paper studies the coordinated development of Beijing's population, resources, environment, economic and society. With the rapid development of the city, Beijing’s population, society and economic is getting more and more contradictive against its resources and environment, under which circumstance a scientific study on the coordinated development is urgently required. This essay is based on the data of last 10 years of Beijing, and formulates a PREES model of the PREES model in Beijing. This study uses the method of principal component analysis via SPSS, establishes the coordination degree evaluation system of Beijing’s population, resources, environment, economic and society, and runs an empirical analysis afterward. This essay calculates the coordination degree of Beijing’s population, resources, environment, economic and society, analyzes and studies the main issues in Beijing’s coordinated development, and gives relative suggestions.

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Empirical Study of the Coupling Relationship Between Biodiversity and Environmental Geology Under Different Ecological Status: Evidence From Five Typical Areas in Guizhou, China

10.21203/rs.3.rs-937603/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yuangui Xie ◽

Lanyue Zhang ◽

Xinxiang Gong ◽

Jiming Liu ◽

Xiaofeng Liao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Human Activities ◽

Ecological Status ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Ecological Environment ◽

Environmental Geology ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Coupling Relationship ◽

Synchronous Development ◽

Coordination Degree

Abstract Analyzing the coupling relationship between biodiversity and environmental geology and exploring the factors affecting the coupling degree are of vital significance for the protection and restoration of the ecological environment. In this study, we selected five typical areas (i.e., Caohai, Chishui, Fanjingshan, Maolan, and Guanshanhu) to represent the whole Guizhou Province, China. Based on the coupling coordination degree model, we analyzed their coupling coordination trend. The results showed that the coordinated development stages of the Chishui and Fanjingshan areas both could be categorized as the synchronous development type of primary coordination because of their excellent nature conditions; the Maolan area was categorized as having restrained environmental geology because of its weak environmental geology condition; and the Guanshanhu and Weining areas were strongly affected by human activities, and both could be categorized as having restrained biodiversity. In combination with practical situation, Guizhou province can be categorized into the following three zones: an original ecological zone, a zone with fragile ecological environment, and a zone affected by human activities. Biodiversity conservation measures should be proposed according to the specific ecological situation of these different zones. In this way, the harmonious coexistence of economic development and the ecological environment can be realized.

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Carbon Emissions Trading and Sustainable Development in China: Empirical Analysis Based on the Coupling Coordination Degree Model

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18010089 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Jingru Huang ◽

Jie Shen ◽

Lu Miao

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Economic Development ◽

Socioeconomic Development ◽

Emissions Trading ◽

Coupling Model ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Carbon Emissions Trading ◽

Synergistic Interactions ◽

Trading Scheme ◽

Coordination Degree

Despite the extensive attention paid to emissions trading scheme (ETS) approaches, few studies have examined whether such ETS policies can lead to sustainable development in China. Drawing on the ideas of coupling and synergistic development, this study views sustainable development as the result of the interactions between the economy and the environment and constructs an index system to measure economic development and environmental quality. The system coupling model is used to reflect the synergistic interactions between the economy and the environment systems. The coordination degree model is then used to assess the economic–environmental coupling coordination degree in order to measure sustainable development. The empirical results show that the ETS can help in achieving economic–environmental sustainable development in the pilot cities. Moreover, the better the socioeconomic development of a city, the better effects of the ETS on sustainable development. However, it is more difficult to achieve economic–environmental coordinated development in industrially developed areas (e.g., Guangdong). These findings provide empirical evidence that the market-based ETS could alleviate the conflict between economic development and environmental pollution and could help in achieving sustainable development in emerging economies.

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Examining the Coordination Between Green Finance and Green Economy Aiming for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093717 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3717 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nana Liu ◽

Chuanzhe Liu ◽

Yufei Xia ◽

Yi Ren ◽

Jinzhi Liang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Markov Chain ◽

Spatial Association ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Green Economy ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Green Finance ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

Coordination Degree

Green finance (GF) regards social responsibility and environmental protection interests as the core of development and has become a new growth point and a new engine for promoting the development of the green economy (GE). To more accurately grasp the coordination between GF and the GE, the selection of appropriate indicators and feasible methods is worth exploring. Aiming at sustainable development by evaluating the coupling coordination between GF and the GE by means of a comprehensive index system and an integrated approach, this study establishes a coupling coordination degree model based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces over the period 2007–2016. Furthermore, it evaluates the spatial distribution difference and dynamic evolution trend of the coordination by introducing global/local spatial autocorrelation, a space Markov chain, and a local indicators of spatial association (LISA) Markov chain. According to the research results, the coupling coordination degrees of the provinces exhibit gradual upward trends, and most regions in China are in a barely coordinated state at present. The coordination degree of GF and the GE shows strong spatial dependence overall, and partially presents the characteristics of “high-high (HH)” and “low-low (LL)” clustering patterns. The forecast results show that the future coordination of GF and the GE will remain stable and be affected by the coordinated development of surrounding areas.

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Urban and Rural Population and Development Research on Medical Coordination: In View of Dalian 2008–2017 Official Statistics

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18126395 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 6395

Author(s):

Yukun Qiu ◽

Wei Lu ◽

Jianke Guo ◽

Caizhi Sun ◽

Peng Jia

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Health Services ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Medical Services ◽

Population Development ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Development Index ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

Coordination Degree

Providing universal quality health services is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to achieve by 2030. We evaluated the sustainable and coordinated development of urban and rural medical care from 2008–2017 in Dalian, China, by developing an evaluation system based on population and health services. We used a comprehensive development index model and a coupling coordination model to evaluate the status and sustainable development of population and medical services in Dalian. The overall level of population development index in urban areas was significantly lower than in rural areas in the past decade. Comparing the data for 2008 and 2017, Zhongshan District (−31.51%), Ganjingzi District (−25.67%), Lyshunkou District (−35.45%), and Pulandian District (−19.59%) posted significant declines in the population development index. The overall medical service development index for both urban and rural areas registered a steady upward trend. In terms of the relationship between population and medical services, a more pronounced coupling running-in stage was observed among urban areas than among rural areas. Among urban areas, the coupling running-in stage in Zhongshan District (2013–2016) and Shahekou District (2011–2014) was most pronounced, while among rural areas, Jinzhou District (2012–2016, 0.684~0.756) had the most distinct coupling running-in stage. In terms of coordination development, we found that both urban and rural areas experienced a long period of moderate coordination stage. Among urban areas, except for some middle and mountainous districts with unstable changes in the coordination degree, the overall development trend in the region showed a stable transition from moderate coordination stage towards high coordination stage. From 2008 to 2017, only the coordination degree in Jinzhou District (−9.17%) showed negative growth. Although considerable efforts have been initiated to improve the coordinated development of Dalian’s urban and rural populations and its medical services, the medical and healthcare systems still face numerous challenges.

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