Due to the focused pursuit of economic growth in the process of the large-scale urban development of China, the phenomena of low land use efficiency and discordance of land use induce unwanted economic, social, and environmental costs. This paper pre...
The coupled and coordinated development of green technology innovation and carbon emission efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is crucial for its realization of green and low-carbon transformation. Based on the panel data of the Yangtze Riv...
When studying the coupling coordination relationship between agricultural eco-efficiency and urbanization, it is crucial to consider food security, especially in a populous country like China. This paper focuses on 31 provinces in China as the resear...
In order to achieve the sustainable utilization of water resources and the sustainable development of the economy, an evaluation index system for water-use efficiency and economic development systems was constructed. The entropy weight and the compre...
The transfer of farmland refers to the process of transferring land contracting and management rights, during which various changes occur in production entities, management behaviors, and management methods. This process fosters positive changes in g...
Urban resilience and urban land use efficiency are inevitable topics in urban planning and development, and the coupling coordination between the two will contribute substantially to urban sustainability. With panel data from 14 cities in Hunan from...
With the development of the green food industry, land conflicts are gradually escalating, and the coordinated development of competitiveness level and land use efficiency is crucial to the green food industry. The competitiveness level of China&rsquo...
Today, the world is transitioning from traditional energy to clean, renewable sources. The petroleum sector is to play a role in this transition by supporting material and energy needs related to developing new energy systems. It is, therefore, vital...
13 August 2025
Understanding the coupling mechanism and coordinated development between digital transformation and operational efficiency in logistics enterprises is vital for optimizing resource allocation and promoting high-quality, sustainable growth in the logi...
The interaction between livelihood means and land use pattern of households is the core of the interactive coupling of the human-land system. This study focuses on Qinba mountainous area in southern Shaanxi province, a typical poverty-alleviated moun...
A high coupling coordination degree of urban land use efficiency promotes sustainable regional economic development. In this study, land use efficiency coupling coordination degrees were calculated for 36 mining cities of western China, with a focus...
With the proposed goals of reaching its “carbon peak” by 2030 and becoming “carbon neutral” by 2060, China will comprehensively build a diversified, efficient and clean energy system. The differences in China’s resource...
Based on the coupling coordination model, this paper intends to use the panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2000 to 2019, analyze the coupling and coupling coordination relationship between environmental regulation and green water resource effic...
Green innovation exchanges low emissions, low pollution and low output for economic development. At the same time, economic development can provide important economic support for green innovation, and managing the connection between green innovation...
17 August 2022
In many parts of the world, the shortage of cultivated land and the food crisis are worsening on a continued basis. Hence, the central and local governments of the PRC have successively issued various related policies to encourage the practice of far...
With the deepening of the development process of regional integration in the Yangtze River Delta, integration and high quality have become the key paths of regional development. On the basis of the panel data of 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta u...
This study presents a two-stage framework for analyzing the coupling mechanism between regional sustainable economic development and environmental protection subsystems. We propose a modified super-slack-based measure (SBM) model to evaluate efficien...
Exploring the complex dynamic relationship between urban–rural integrated development and land-use efficiency can contribute to most efficient urban–rural land-use and the rational promotion of urban–rural integrated development. Th...
The urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River holds a crucial strategic position in China’s economic and social development landscape. Exploring the coordinated development effects within the digital economy and innovation...
The coupling coordination relationship between cultivated land and water resources in arid regions is crucial for ecological security and sustainable food production. This study explores the interaction between these resources to optimize the allocat...
This longitudinal study applies decade-spanning socioeconomic indicators (2013–2022) from the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration. An integrated analytical framework was developed, merging the super-efficiency slack-based meas...
This study focuses on the coupling and coordination between China’s new-type urbanization (NU) and transportation carbon emission efficiency (CET), revealing its spatial and temporal evolution patterns and driving factors. In recent years, the...
The implementation of the Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei coordinated development strategy has seriously increased the influence of land use and urban traffic. Thus, understanding the coordination between urban land and transportation systems is importan...
This study investigates the coupling coordination between carbon emission efficiency (CEE) and carbon balance (CB) in the Yellow River Basin (YRB), aiming to support high-quality regional development and the realization of China’s “dual c...
Grounded in coupling theory, this study investigates the interplay among three key elements of economic growth, namely the digital economy, carbon emissions efficiency, and high-quality economic development. Drawing on data from 30 Chinese provinces...
The cultivated land green utilization efficiency (CLGUE) is closely related to high-quality agricultural development (HAD), but the evolutionary characteristics of the relationship between HAD and CLGUE have received little study. In the context of t...
Urban agglomerations are complex systems in which industrial, land, and economic subsystems coevolve. Using panel data from 48 cities in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Pearl River Delta agglomerations from 2013 to 202...
The exchange of food commodities significantly contributes to alleviating the strain on land used for agricultural production by linking areas rich in land with those facing resource limitations. This study employs the entropy weight–TOPSIS met...
As a flagship low-carbon transition zone in China, the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) faces challenges in synergizing green innovation efficiency (GIE) and urban ecological resilience (UER). This study establishes a dual-system evaluation framework to qua...
In the pursuit of sustainable urban development, construction land development (CLD) not only carries the important mission of promoting economic growth but also needs to actively respond to the environmental requirements of reducing carbon emissions...
Aligning urban land development intensity with green land-use efficiency (GLUE) is crucial for fostering high-quality regional growth. This study aims to examine the coupling and coordination between built-up land intensity (BUI) and GLUE by utilizin...
Rapid urbanization and industrialization have had a range of effects on urban form and land use, especially in resource-based cities. Previous research has predominantly focused on the analysis of urban compactness or land-use efficiency individually...
Under tightening resource and environmental constraints, exploring the synergy between new-type urbanization and water use efficiency is key to high-quality development in Central China. Using panel data for cities in Jiangxi (11) and Hunan (13) from...
It has long been assumed that population shrinkage signifies a decline, potentially leading to decreases in both economic performance and land use efficiency (LUE). To provide a foundation for understanding the coupling coordination of the human&ndas...
Green development is a primary path for ports and cities to achieve a low-carbon transition under the Sustainable Development Goals and a powerful driving force to elevate regional port–city relations to a high level of coordination. In this pa...
The coupling coordination among digital village development, agricultural modernization, and agricultural carbon emission efficiency is critical for achieving green and high-quality agricultural development. Using panel data of 30 Chinese provinces (...
As the spatial carrier, the high-quality development of land complements the high-quality development of the economy and society. Imbalanced land use severely restricts regional high-quality development. This study uses panel data from 110 cities at...
Improving the coupling coordination degree between water and land resources matching (WLRM) and cultivated land use eco-efficiency (CLUE) is crucial to ensuring national food security and constructing an ecological civilization. This study is based o...
Compact development and efficient land use are effective ways to address the development dilemma and boost the vitality of shrinking cities. Moreover, it is critical to investigate the relationship between compactness and land-use efficiency in order...
This study constructs an index system based on provincial data from 2012 to 2023 for forestry industry agglomeration and eco-efficiency. Using methods such as the Coupling Coordination Degree and Relative Development Degree, the study explores the re...
27 December 2022
Carbon peaking, carbon neutrality goals and food security are the basis of sustainable development, and exploring the coordination relationship between China’s agricultural eco-efficiency and food security system has a major significance for th...
This article presents a coordinated control method used for wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. This method can improve WPT system transmission efficiency while maintaining the constant output voltage. First, the topology of the DC–DC conver...
Although the role of digital infrastructure as an engine for the sustainable development of public services has been widely investigated, systematic and dynamic analysis of the coupling and coordination mechanisms between digital infrastructure and p...
To delve into the interrelationship between the green transformation of industry and the economy’s high-quality development, to promote the coordinated development of industrial carbon emission efficiency and digital economy, to expand the scop...
Energy efficiency and spectrum efficiency are the most important issues for future mobile systems. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) with coordinated multiple points (CoMP) are wildly approved as a promising solution to meet increasing demands of mobi...
With increasing emphasis on ecological conservation and food security, cultivated land issues have become more prominent. This study focuses on Jilin Province and uses nine prefecture-level administrative units and prefectures as the basic analytical...
To improve traction efficiency and reduce fuel consumption during tractor tillage operations, a coordinated control method for electro-hydraulic hitch depth and tractor speed was proposed. Based on theoretical analysis, a dynamic model of the tractor...
Coordinating development of land urbanization and population urbanization (CDLUPU) to enhance carbon emission efficiency (CEE) is a critical challenge for developing countries experiencing accelerated urbanization. The coupled coordination model and...
Background: The Physical Internet (PI) promotes resource sharing among independent firms. This can improve logistics efficiency, but shared route capacity and limited compensation may also create unequal outcomes among firms. Methods: This study deve...
The proliferation of 5G networks has revolutionized wireless communication by delivering enhanced speeds, ultra-low latency, and widespread connectivity. However, in heterogeneous cloud radio access networks (H-CRAN), efficiently managing inter-cell...
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