Coupling Coordination Degree between New Urbanization and Eco-Environment in Shaanxi, China, and Its Influencing Factors
Lifeng Guo
Abstract
Taking northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province as the object, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation system (CES) for new urbanization and a CES for eco-environment. On this basis, the coordination coupling between new urbanization and eco-environment in Shaanxi and its key factors were evaluated and analyzed, using composite index method, relative development level model, coupling degree model, and coordination coupling degree (CCD) model. The results show that the development level of new urbanization in the province increased linearly, while that of eco-environment rose slowly; the relative development between the two systems gradually changed from the development lag of eco-environment to the development lag of new urbanization; the CCD between the two shifted from medium incoordination to high coordination; the coordinated development between the two systems is greatly driven by per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) in the new urbanization system, and the park area in the eco-environment system.