Conflict or Coordination? Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Coupling Relationship between Urbanization and Eco-Efficiency: A Case Study of Urban Agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin, China

Yuhan Ren, Yuping Bai, Yihan Liu, Jiale Wang, Fan Zhang and Zheng Wang
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Yuhan Ren: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Yuping Bai: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Yihan Liu: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Jiale Wang: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
Fan Zhang: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Zheng Wang: School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: The coordination and coupling of new urbanization and the ecological environment is of great significance for the high-quality development of the Yellow River basin, China. In this paper, the urbanization efficiency and ecological efficiency of seven urban agglomerations in the Yellow River basin, China, from 2006 to 2019 are calculated at the city level. Spatial correlation analysis between urbanization efficiency and ecological efficiency is carried out by applying the spatial association model. Then, the spatio-temporal coupling relationship is estimated based on the relative development and spatial coupling models. The results show that urbanization efficiency has been rising, from 0.83 in 2006 to 0.91 in 2019. Ecological efficiency first stabilized and then rose from 1.03 in 2006 to 1.23 in 2019. Spatially, cities with high urbanization efficiency development are increasing from west to east. Cities with high eco-efficient developments are increasing from northwest to southeast. The coupling relationship between the two is an N-type relationship, with the trend of first rising, then falling, and then rising. Spatially, the coupling degree of the upper and lower reaches of the Yellow River basin, China, is higher than that of the middle reaches of the Yellow River basin, China. Finally, this paper puts forward policy recommendations on the coordinated and coupling development of urban agglomerations in the Yellow River basin, China, from the perspective of the future differentiated development of different urban agglomerations.

Keywords: urbanization efficiency; eco-efficiency; spatio-temporal coupling; urban agglomerations; Yellow River basin, China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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