Study on the Coupling Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin from the Perspective of Green Economy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Indicator System and Research Methodology
2.1. Indicator System
2.2. Research Methodology
2.2.1. Comprehensive Evaluation Method
2.2.2. Coupling Model
2.2.3. Kernel Density Estimation
2.2.4. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
3. Evaluation of the Coupled Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin
3.1. Evaluation of Industry, City and Population System in the Yellow River Basin
3.2. Evaluation of the Coupled Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin
4. Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Characteristics
4.1. Spatio-Temporal Evolution Analysis
4.2. Spatial Correlation Analysis
4.2.1. Global Spatial Correlation
4.2.2. Local Spatial Correlation
5. Analysis of the Influence Factors
5.1. Model Construction
5.2. Analysis of Influencing Factors
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Industry | City | Population |
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Tertiary sector share | Greening coverage rate of built-up areas | Per capita expenditure on science and technology |
Energy consumption intensity * | Public green space per capita | Per capita expenditure on education |
Per capita gross regional product | Harmless treatment rate of domestic waste | Percentage of students in general primary and secondary schools |
Comprehensive utilization rate of general industrial solid waste | Sewage treatment rate | Number of science and technology personnel per 10,000 people |
Industrial wastewater emission intensity * | Per capita domestic electricity consumption * | Urbanization rate |
Industrial SO2 emission intensity * | Number of buses per 10,000 people | Number of books in public libraries per 100 people |
Industrial smoke (dust) emission intensity * | Per capita domestic water consumption * | Percentage of college students in school |
Industrial CO2 emission intensity * | Annual average concentration of pm 2.5 * | Number of patents granted to 10,000 people |
Index | Year | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
I | 0.378 | 0.256 | 0.239 | 0.206 | 0.214 | 0.423 | 0.293 | 0.202 | 0.293 | 0.284 |
Z | 5.685 | 4.146 | 3.881 | 3.077 | 3.192 | 6.342 | 4.315 | 3.031 | 4.127 | 4.043 |
P | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Influencing Factors | Industry | City | Population | Coupling Coordination |
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Environmental Regulation | 0.028 * | 0.045 *** | −0.009 | 0.017 ** |
(0.015) | (0.012) | (0.011) | (0.008) | |
Government Regulation | 0.305 *** | 0.442 *** | 0.217 *** | 0.301 *** |
(0.052) | (0.047) | (0.044) | (0.035) | |
External Opening | 0.046 *** | 0.016 *** | 0.013 *** | 0.016 *** |
(0.006) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.003) | |
Green Finance | 0.871 *** | 0.614 *** | 0.534 *** | 0.574 *** |
(0.052) | (0.045) | (0.04) | (0.032) | |
_cons | −0.01 | 0.309 *** | −0.057 ** | 0.319 *** |
(0.03) | (0.026) | (0.025) | (0.019) |
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Cao, X.; Ci, F. Study on the Coupling Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin from the Perspective of Green Economy. Sustainability 2023, 15, 10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310029
Cao X, Ci F. Study on the Coupling Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin from the Perspective of Green Economy. Sustainability. 2023; 15(13):10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310029
Chicago/Turabian StyleCao, Xiangdong, and Fuyi Ci. 2023. "Study on the Coupling Development of Industry, City and Population in the Yellow River Basin from the Perspective of Green Economy" Sustainability 15, no. 13: 10029. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310029