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Coupling Coordination Degree between Ecological Environment Quality and Urban Development in Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle Based on the Google Earth Engine Platform

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  • Jiajie Zhang

    (College of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)

  • Tinggang Zhou

    (College of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)

Abstract

Rapid urbanization often exerts massive pressure on the resources relied upon by the ecological environment. It is necessary to quickly evaluate the interaction and mutual influence between regional urbanization and the ecological environment. This paper uses the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, integrates MODIS and night light remote sensing data sets, and computes the remote sensing-based ecological index (RSEI) and the coupling coordination degree (CCD) to measure the coupling coordination and analyze the spatiotemporal changes in the Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle (CCEC) for 2010, 2015, and 2020. Our results demonstrate four key findings. Firstly, the CCD varies spatially; it peaks at the Chengdu and the West Chongqing Plains, decreasing outwards along the mountains, with the lowest degree of coupling in the central, southern, and northern edge areas of the CCEC. Additionally, it has shown a trend of maintaining unchanged first and then increasing, mainly responding to policy decisions. Secondly, the changes between the different coupling levels were almost stable and mainly occurred between adjacent levels. Thirdly, the coupling level of towns spreads outwards from the centers at Chengdu and Chongqing and has an overall upward trend in time. Fourthly, in the most recent year, the coupling types present a distribution pattern of one developing axis connected with two peaks. Specifically, the environment system lagging type aggregates in Chengdu, Chongqing, and their surrounding areas, and the others mainly are economic system lagging type. The high internal coupling type also mainly occurs in the high and low coupling levels. Under this context, constructive suggestions for developmental optimization in the study area were proposed.

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  • Jiajie Zhang & Tinggang Zhou, 2023. "Coupling Coordination Degree between Ecological Environment Quality and Urban Development in Chengdu–Chongqing Economic Circle Based on the Google Earth Engine Platform," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-15, March.
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