How to Coordinate Economic, Logistics and Ecological Environment? Evidences from 30 Provinces and Cities in China

Wei Zhang, Xinxin Zhang, Mingyang Zhang and Woyuan Li
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Wei Zhang: School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430019, China
Xinxin Zhang: School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430019, China
Mingyang Zhang: School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430019, China
Woyuan Li: School of Public Administration, Inner Mongolia University, 235 University West Street, Saihan District, Hohhot 010021, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-23

Abstract: With the rapid development of economy, the scale of the logistics industry is also expanding rapidly, which brings great convenience to economy and trade, and becomes one of the pillar industries of national economy. However, with the development of economy and logistics, the problem of ecological environment is becoming more and more prominent. Through the design of economic development, logistics development, and the ecological environment index system, the economic development, logistics development and eco-environment development level of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2008 to 2017 are analyzed by using the entropy method and coupling coordination degree model, and the spatial characteristics of regional economic development, logistics development, and ecological environment are analyzed by using ArcGIS software. The results show that the coupling coordination of economic development, logistics development and ecological environment in most provinces and cities in China is at the mediate coupling level, and only Shanghai, Anhui, and Fujian in the Eastern region have reached the high-quality coupling level; there are significant temporal and spatial differences in the coupling and coordinated development between economic development, logistics development and ecological environment. The level of coupling coordination in the western region has always been at a low level, while the level of coupling coordination in most of the central and eastern regions is relatively high. There are situations where the level of coupling coordination is not high; the coordinated growth of economic development, logistics development, and ecological environment is mainly driven by economic development and logistics development. However, the level of ecological environment has been lagging behind the level of economic and logistics development. In the future development, it is necessary to give full play to the role of the logistics industry in economic development, weigh the relationship between the development of the logistics industry and ecological environmental protection, actively develop green logistics, and the level of coordinated development among economic development, logistics development and ecological environment.

Keywords: economic development; logistics development; ecological environment; coordination development; regional differences; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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