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Exploring the Interactive Coercing Relationship between Urban Rail Transit and the Ecological Environment

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  • Liudan Jiao

    (School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China)

  • Fenglian Luo

    (School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China)

  • Fengyan Wu

    (School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China)

  • Yu Zhang

    (School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
    T. Y. Lin International Engineering Consulting (China) Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401121, China)

  • Xiaosen Huo

    (School of Economics and Management, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China)

  • Ya Wu

    (College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)

Abstract

The Chinese environment is experiencing the “U-Type” course from sharp deterioration to significant improvement. In order to achieve the fundamental improvement of the ecological environment, China has implemented several relevant policies and strategies. Among them, the development of urban rail transit, as an essential measure to improve the ecological environment in China, has attracted more and more attention, but the research on the interactive coercion relationship between rail transit and the ecological environment is minimal. Therefore, this study selected ten cities opening urban rail transit before 2005 in mainland China as research objects and established an urban rail transit and ecological environment comprehensive evaluation index system. Then, the interactive coercing model and coupling coordination model were used, and the dynamic relationship between urban rail transit and the ecological environment was explored. The research results in this study showed that (1) there is an apparent interactive coercion relationship between urban rail transit and the ecological environment, and the evolution trajectory conforms to a double exponential curve. (2) From 2006 to 2019, Wuhan’s ecological environment pressure index showed a continuous downward trend. The ecological environment improved the fastest. The rest of the cities showed a trend of first rising and then falling. (3) The type of coupling coordination degree of urban rail transit and ecological environment showed a changing coordination trend from severe incoordination—slight to incoordination—basic to coordination—good. Beijing has the highest degree of overall coordinated development in urban rail transit and the ecological environment. The results of this study can provide a theoretical reference for the realisation of the virtuous circle development of rail transit and the ecological environment.

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  • Liudan Jiao & Fenglian Luo & Fengyan Wu & Yu Zhang & Xiaosen Huo & Ya Wu, 2022. "Exploring the Interactive Coercing Relationship between Urban Rail Transit and the Ecological Environment," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-20, June.
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