Exploring the Coupling Coordination and Key Factors between Urban–Rural Integrated Development and Land-Use Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area and Indicator System
2.1. Study Area and Data Sources
2.2. Design of the Evaluation Indicator System
3. Methods
3.1. The Linear Weighting Method for Measuring the Level of Integrated Urban–Rural Development
3.2. The Super-Efficiency SBM Model for Measuring Land-Use Efficiency (LUE)
3.3. The Coupled Coordination Degree (CCD) Model for Evaluating the Coupling Coordination Level of Urban–Rural Integrated (URI) Development and LUE
3.4. The Non-Parametric Kernel Density Estimation to Reflecting the Temporal Pattern of CCD
3.5. The Geographic Detector for Identifying Key Factors
4. Analysis of Results
4.1. Evolution of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Integrated Urban–Rural Development
4.2. Evolution of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of LUE
4.3. Evolution of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coupled Coordination
4.4. Analysis of Influencing Factors
5. Discussion
5.1. Strengthening Policy Support Is Conducive to Urban and Rural Areas’ Comprehensive, Integrated Development and Improving LUE
5.2. The Economic and Intensive Use of Land Resources Is Conducive to the Simultaneous Development of Urban–Rural Integration and Land-Use
5.3. High-Quality Economic Development, Rational Urbanization Development, and High-End Green Transformation of Industries Increase the CCD between URI Development and LUE
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Social data | Provincial Statistical Yearbook (2003–2021); EPSDATE (https://www.epsnet.com.cn), accessed on 30 April 2023. |
Land data | China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook (2003–2021); EPSDATE (https://www.epsnet.com.cn), accessed on 30 April 2023. |
Ecological data | Carbon Emissions Accounts and Datasets, CEADs (https://www.ceads.net.cn); Multi-resolution Emission Inventory for China, MEIC (http://meicmodel.org.cn/); EPSDATE (https://www.epsnet.com.cn); accessed on 30 April 2023. |
Climatic environmental data | Institute of Resource and Environmental Science and the Data Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (https://www.resdc.cn/), the resolution of elevation is 30 m, and the resolution of Precipitation is 1 km, accessed on 30 April 2023. |
Index Dimensions | Index & Properties | Basic Index | Calculation or Description of the Index & Unit | Interpretation of the Index |
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People | X1 (+) | Population mobility rate | Urban population/total population (%) | Population mobility can positively impact the development of the rural economy, creating a beneficial urban–rural flow of people. |
X2 (−) | Coefficient of contrast between urban and rural employment | Employment of urban households/employment of rural households | Reducing the gap between the incomes and consumption of urban–rural residents, particularly in food, culture, education, recreation, and daily electricity bills, will promote balanced incomes and consumption between urban–rural households. | |
X3 (−) | The ratio of per capita annual disposable income of urban to rural residents | Per capita annual disposable income of urban households/per capita annual net income of rural households | ||
X4 (−) | The ratio of per capita income of urban to rural residents | Per capita consumption of urban households/per capita consumption of rural households | ||
X5 (−) | Comparison coefficient of culture, education, and entertainment between urban and rural areas | Urban residents’ household expenditure on culture, education, and entertainment/rural residents’ household expenditure on culture, education, and entertainment | ||
X6 (+) | The ratio of Engel’s coefficients of urban to rural households | Engel’s coefficient of urban households/Engel’s coefficient of rural households | ||
X7 (+) | The ratio of electricity consumption of urban to rural residents | Urban domestic electricity consumption/rural domestic consumer electricity consumption | ||
Land | X8 (+) | The ratio of urban to rural residential space | Urban residential space/rural residential space | Reflect the allocation and utilization of land resources between urban and rural areas |
X9 (+) | Urban spatial expansion | Built-up area/cropland area | ||
X10 (+) | Land urbanization level | Built-up area/land area (%) | ||
X11 (+) | Passenger turnover | Total passenger transportation (ten thousand people) | Reflect urban–rural accessibility, the greater the accessibility, the better the integration of urban–rural land. | |
X12 (+) | Per capita postal and telecommunications services | Total postal and telecommunications services/total population (CNY/person) | ||
Economy | X13 (+) | Regional economic operation condition | GDP per capita (CNY/person) | Under normal circumstances, regions with higher levels of economic development are more able to promote industry to feedback to agriculture and promote urban–rural integration development. |
X14 (+) | Agriculture finance | Public expenditure on agriculture, forestry and water resource projects/financial expenditure (%) | Reflects the central and local financial input to rural areas, the greater the input, the more conducive the area is to the URI development. | |
X15 (−) | Ratio of fixed asset investment in urban–rural areas | Rural fixed asset investment/urban fixed asset investment | Reflects the strength of investments in fixed assets in urban–rural regions, especially in infrastructure improvement and optimization of livelihood projects. | |
X16 (+) | Binary comparison coefficient | (Output value of primary industry/employees in the primary industry)/(Output value of secondary and tertiary industries/employees in secondary and tertiary industries) | Reflects the difference in economic structure between the traditional agricultural sector and the modern industrial and service sectors; the smaller the industrial gap between urban and rural areas, the more conducive the areas are to promoting URI. | |
X17 (+) | Agricultural mechanization level | Total power of agricultural machinery/arable land area (Kilowatt/hectares) | Agricultural modernization has a positive impact on rural economic development and URI. | |
Society | X18 (+) | Internet penetration rate | Internet access in urban–rural areas/total number of urban–rural households (%) | Reflect urban–rural residents’ access to public services. |
X19 (−) | The ratio of the level of medical protection for urban to rural residents | Hospital beds per 1000 population in urban healthcare institutions/hospital beds per 1000 population in rural healthcare institutions | ||
Ecology | X20 (+) | Harmless treatment rate of domestic waste | % | Reflect the level of the living environment for urban–rural residents, harmless treatment of domestic rubbish and sewage treatment can improve the living conditions of residents, and optimize the urban–rural ecological environment which can improve the URI. |
X21 (+) | Wastewater treatment | % | ||
X22 (+) | Industrial sulfur dioxide emissions | Metric tons | Industrial pollution mainly affects the urban environment. | |
X23 (+) | Industrial wastewater discharge | Metric tons | ||
X24 (+) | Industrial solid waste emissions | Metric tons | ||
X25 (+) | Ratio of investment in environmental pollution treatment | Investment in environmental pollution control/total output value (%) | Investment in pollution control represents the level of environmental pollution control, and a high level of control benefits URI. |
Goal Layer | Criterion Layer | Urban Indicators | Rural Indicators | |
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Inputs | Land | Urban built-up area | Arable land area | |
Labor force | Construction employees per unit area of building | Labor force per unit area of cultivated land | ||
Energy | Urban residential space | Rural residential space | ||
Capital investment per unit area of building | Agricultural machinery per unit area of cultivated land | |||
Outputs | Expected outputs | Social benefit | Per capita annual disposable income of urban households | Per capita annual net income of rural households |
Economic benefit | The gross output value of the construction industry per unit area of building | Agricultural output per unit of cultivated area | ||
Non-expected Outputs | Emission reduction | Emissions of the “three wastes” (wastewater, waste gas, and industrial solid waste) | — |
CCD Level | Coupling Coordination Stages | Coupled Coordination Features |
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Moderate disorder | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE | ||
Mild disorder | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE | ||
General coordination | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE | ||
Moderate coordination | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE | ||
Good coordination | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE | ||
Good quality coordination | Lagging URI | |
Synchronous development | ||
Lagging LUE |
Variants | Regression Results | Standard Error | Values |
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Precipitation | 21.222 *** | −7.111 | 1159 |
High-altitude | 0.023 *** | −0.004 | 1159 |
Slope | 0.001 | −0.001 | 1159 |
Carbon emissions | −0.033 *** | −0.007 | 1159 |
GDP per capita | 0.038 *** | −0.004 | 1159 |
Urbanization rate | −0.002 *** | 0.000 | 1159 |
Population density | −0.049 *** | −0.003 | 1159 |
Percentage of days with good air quality | −0.000 * | 0.000 | 1159 |
Per capita arable land area | 0.001 | −0.001 | 1159 |
The proportion of non-agricultural industries | 0.005 | −0.003 | 1159 |
Constant | 0.791 *** | −0.077 |
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Shen C, Shi L, Wu X, Ding J, Wen Q. Exploring the Coupling Coordination and Key Factors between Urban–Rural Integrated Development and Land-Use Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin. Land. 2023; 12(8):1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081583
Chicago/Turabian StyleShen, Caiting, Linna Shi, Xinyan Wu, Jinmei Ding, and Qi Wen. 2023. "Exploring the Coupling Coordination and Key Factors between Urban–Rural Integrated Development and Land-Use Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin" Land 12, no. 8: 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081583
APA StyleShen, C., Shi, L., Wu, X., Ding, J., & Wen, Q. (2023). Exploring the Coupling Coordination and Key Factors between Urban–Rural Integrated Development and Land-Use Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin. Land, 12(8), 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12081583