Exploring the interactive coupled relationship between urban construction and resource environment in Wuhan, China

Linze Li (), Nana Yang (), Jiansong Li (), Ankang He (), Huan Yang (), Zilong Jiang () and Yumin Zhao ()
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Linze Li: Wuhan University
Nana Yang: Wuhan University
Jiansong Li: Wuhan University
Ankang He: Wuhan University
Huan Yang: Network and Information Center of Changjiang Water Resources Commission, Changjiang Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources
Zilong Jiang: The College of Urban and Environment Sciences, Central China Normal University
Yumin Zhao: Wuhan University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 8, No 3, 11179-11200

Abstract: Abstract Megacities are facing internal and external constraints and challenges with the accelerated urbanization. Urbanization can provide convenient and various infrastructures for people, but on the other hand, natural resource and environmental condition will be destroyed due to plenty of land resources used for city development. Nowadays, it is important to keep the balance between urban construction and resource and environment, In order to measure the relationship and how these two factors impact each other, this study took the largest megacity of central China–Wuhan as an example to explore the status of urbanization through a comprehensive analysis framework, and quantify the coupling mechanism and spatial autocorrelation on street level. Through the indicator system, bivariate autocorrelation model, coupling coordination model and spatial lag model (SLM), the main conclusions are listed in the following part. With the increasing distance to the city center, the secondary indicators showed a significant increase in natural resources. Relationship between social economy and regional construction had an obvious overall positive correlation with high aggregation and strong spatial heterogeneity. Streets with lag effects on urban development ability were obviously larger than streets with lag effects on resource and environment level, which means most streets still have potential in terms of resource and environmental supply when compared with the level of urbanization. The results from SLM confirmed that the effects of spatial aggregation can improve both urban development ability and resource and environment level. This study can provide detailed geographical information for policymakers in the development of megacities and surrounding areas based on their urbanization status.

Keywords: Urban construction; Resource and environment; Indicator system; Interactive coupling–coupling relationship; Bivariate spatial autocorrelation; Spatial lag effects; Wuhan city (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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