Spatiotemporal Evolution and the Driving Forces of the Coupling Coordination Degree between Urbanization and Urban Residents’ Livelihood Level in Mongolia

Dan Cui, Honghong Liu, Ye Xiao, Nana Cui, Jingjing Liu and Dianting Wu
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Dan Cui: Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Honghong Liu: Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Ye Xiao: Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Nana Cui: School of Government, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Jingjing Liu: School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Dianting Wu: Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: Rapid expansion in Mongolia has resulted in an inequality in livelihood, growing air pollution, and unevenly distributed social goods, which implies that the urbanization of Mongolia is experiencing a chronic imbalance. Using 21 Aimags and 1 capital in Mongolia as the research object, this paper provides a detailed assessment of the coupling coordination degree (CCD) to analyze the coupling and coordination relationship between urbanization and urban residents’ livelihood level. The results suggest that there is a serious imbalance in the coordination of urban development and urban residents’ livelihood among the Aimags of Mongolia. The high CCD values were mainly concentrated in the central regions of Mongolia, while the low values were clustered in the western and eastern areas. The spatial Durbin model was employed to analyze the driving forces of the CCD, and the results imply that the secondary industry share and the number of registered enterprises play significant roles in promoting coordination between urbanization and urban residents’ livelihood level. Here, we present an overview of how our analysis can provide useful insights for policymakers and decision makers.

Keywords: coupling coordination degree; urbanization; livelihood level; driving forces; Mongolia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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