Identification of Coupling and Influencing Factors between Urbanization and Ecosystem Services in Guanzhong, China

Yiting Chen, Zhanbin Li, Peng Li, Zipei Zhang and Yixin Zhang
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Yiting Chen: State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, No. 5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China
Zhanbin Li: State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, No. 5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China
Peng Li: State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, No. 5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China
Zipei Zhang: Power China Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited, Xi’an 710065, China
Yixin Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydraulics in Northwest Arid Region of China, Xi’an University of Technology, No. 5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-21

Abstract: Urbanization trades off the value of ecosystem services for economic value, either directly or indirectly. Optimizing the synergistic effects of both and identifying the coupled influences associated with human activities are essential for sustainable regional development and policy formulation. In this study, we analyzed the spatial differentiation of regional ecosystem service values and urbanization using ArcGIS 10.2, STATA 15.1, the value coefficient method, the urbanization index model, and the coupled coordination model, assessed their coupled coordination status, and further explored the influencing factors, taking the Guanzhong region of China as an example. The results show that the substrate has an important influence on ecosystem service values, with woodlands being the most important value provider and the largest contribution of regulating service values, with a spatial “center-periphery” ring-band growth distribution. There is a clear hierarchy of urbanization, with the higher the administrative level, the higher the level of urbanization. The overall coupling and coordination of ecosystem services and urbanization is in a non-equilibrium state, with high levels in the south and low levels in the north. Further research on the factors influencing the coupling found that the disposable income of urban residents and the population employed in the tertiary industry had the greatest influence.

Keywords: urbanization; coupling; influencing factors; Guanzhong region; ecosystem services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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