Coordinated State Analysis and Differential Regulation of Territorial Spatial Functions in Underdeveloped Regions: A Case Study of Gansu Province, China

Baopeng Xie, Quanxi Wang, Beiying Huang, Ying Chen, Jie Yang and Peixin Qi
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Baopeng Xie: College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Quanxi Wang: School of Humanities and Law, Northeast University, Shenyang 110169, China
Beiying Huang: College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Ying Chen: College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Jie Yang: College of Pratacultural Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Peixin Qi: College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-20

Abstract: The coordinated development of territorial spatial functions is the main manifestation of the sustainable utilization of territorial resources. Identifying spatial functions and their coordinated relationship has become an important guarantee for regional coordinated development, and is of great significance to the construction of a sustainable land development and protection pattern. This study constructs a classification and function scoring system for Production-Living-Ecological Spaces (PLES) by using land-use data from Gansu Province in 2000 and 2020, and revises the spatial functions of the land to supplement the deficiencies of existing related researches by combining socio-economic data (GDP, population density) and ecosystem service value data. In the aforementioned works, the Mechanical Equilibrium Model in physics is referenced to explore the coordinated state among territorial spatial functions. The results show that the high-value areas of production function are mainly distributed in the eastern and central areas of the Loess Plateau, with a strip-like distribution in the Hexi Corridor. The high-value areas of living function are consistent with that in the center of the city. The distribution of high-value areas of ecological function is in line with the topographic distribution pattern of mountainous areas in Gansu Province. The distribution pattern of the coordinated state of land space function in Gansu Province is relatively stable from 2000 to 2020. Simultaneously, the functional dominant area and the promotion area are identified according to the deviation of the coordinated degree of production-living-ecological function. After clarifying the functional characteristics of each county, the author proposes a differentiated regulation strategy of territorial spatial function.

Keywords: Production-Living-Ecological Spaces; functional identification; mechanical equilibrium model; coordinated degree; differential regulation; Gansu Province (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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