Comprehensive Assessment of Production–Living–Ecological Space Based on the Coupling Coordination Degree Model

Di Wang, Dong Jiang, Jingying Fu, Gang Lin and Jialun Zhang
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Di Wang: Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Dong Jiang: Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Jingying Fu: Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Gang Lin: College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Jialun Zhang: College of Geoscience and Surveying Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: Production–living–ecological (PLE) space is the basic site of all human activities. The coordinated development of these three spaces is an important prerequisite for achieving sustainable development goals. However, a quantitative assessment of the overall coordination among these three spaces is limited in current research. This paper built an indicator system and a coupling coordination degree model to comprehensively assess the development status of PLE space in China. The statuses of 340 prefecture-level cities across the country from 2005 to 2015 were analyzed. The results showed that the national average first increased from 0.435 in 2005 to 0.452 in 2010 and then dropped to 0.445 in 2015. There was an obvious distribution line between slightly unbalanced cities and moderately balanced cities, close to the famous “Hu Huanyong Line.” Most provincial capital cities were between the slightly unbalanced class and barely balanced class. Only Fuzhou in Fujian Province exceeded the barely balanced class in 2015. This paper provides several references for other developing cities to achieve sustainable and coordinated development.

Keywords: sustainable development; coupling coordination degree; production–living–ecology space; Hu Huanyong Line (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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