Evaluation of the Coupling Synergy Degree of Inland Ports and Industries along the Yangtze River

Yu Wan (), Chengfeng Huang, Wenwen Zhou and Mingwu Liu
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Yu Wan: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Chengfeng Huang: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Wenwen Zhou: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Mingwu Liu: School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-17

Abstract: This paper takes the two subsystems of inland ports and industries along the Yangtze River as a composite system as a research object, providing insight into the influence of the development efficiency of inland ports along the Yangtze River and the coupling and synergy degree of industry. Firstly, the coupling synergy effect of the inland port industry is qualitatively expounded, and secondly, the entropy weight TOPSIS method is used to construct a coupling coordination model to analyze the measurement of the development efficiency and industrial coupling synergy relationship between inland ports along the Yangtze River. Twelve cities along the Yangtze River were selected as examples, the coupling synergy degree of their ports was evaluated by referring to the comprehensive port development synergy index from 2010 to 2019, and the development levels and evolution processes of the different cities were compared and analyzed. The coupling synergy development of the inland port industry along the Yangtze River can provide a basis for the problems and countermeasures faced by the integrated development of the inland port industry along the Yangtze River.

Keywords: along the Yangtze River; river ports; industry; coupling synergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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