Spatial–Temporal Heterogeneity of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services in the Yellow River Basin

Zhongwu Zhang (), Jinyuan Zhang, Liping Liu, Jian Gong, Jinqiang Li and Lei Kang
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Zhongwu Zhang: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
Jinyuan Zhang: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
Liping Liu: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
Jian Gong: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
Jinqiang Li: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China
Lei Kang: College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Taking 736 counties in the Yellow River Basin of China as the research area, the comprehensive urbanization development level and ecosystem service capacity from 2000 to 2020 were measured. Combined with spatial autocorrelation, the spatial pattern evolution characteristics of the two systems in the Yellow River Basin were revealed. The spatio–temporal geographically weighted regression (GTWR) model was used to analyze the spatio–temporal heterogeneity of the impact of various elements of the system on urbanization and ecosystem service capacity. The results showed that (1) the urbanization level and ecosystem service capacity of the Yellow River Basin were on the rise but the urbanization level and ecosystem service capacity were low, while the spatial and temporal heterogeneity was significant. (2) The two systems are positively correlated in space, and the agglomeration characteristics are significant. The evolution trend of urbanization from an L–L agglomeration area to an H–H agglomeration area is occurring gradually. The spatial change in the ecosystem service agglomeration area is small, and the stability is strong. (3) The impact of ecosystem services on comprehensive urbanization is enhanced by time, and the spatial ‘center–periphery’ diffusion characteristics are significant. (4) The influence of urbanization on the comprehensive ecosystem service capacity is enhanced and shows the law of east–west differentiation in space. There are obvious transition zones in the spatial heterogeneity interval of the interaction between the two systems.

Keywords: urbanization; ecosystem services; spatial–temporal geographically weighted regression (GTWR); spatio–temporal heterogeneity; Yellow River Basin (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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