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Ecological Well-Being Performance Evaluation and Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin

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  • Feng Lan

    (School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
    Research Center of Green Development and Mechanism Innovation of Real Estate Industry in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China)

  • Zhao Hui

    (School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
    Research Center of Green Development and Mechanism Innovation of Real Estate Industry in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China)

  • Jing Bian

    (School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
    Research Center of Green Development and Mechanism Innovation of Real Estate Industry in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China)

  • Ying Wang

    (School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
    Research Center of Green Development and Mechanism Innovation of Real Estate Industry in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China)

  • Wenxin Shen

    (School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
    Research Center of Green Development and Mechanism Innovation of Real Estate Industry in Shaanxi Province, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China)

Abstract

The urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin are important carriers for China’s high-quality development. It is an inevitable trend to promote sustainable development and people’s well-being in the urban agglomerations of the Yellow River Basin. A case study of 70 cities of seven urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin from 2011 to 2017 is presented. The two-stage super-efficiency network slacks-based measure (Super-NSBM) model considering undesirable outputs is adopted to measure the ecological well-being performance (EWP), and the spatial correlation analysis method is used to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of the EWP. The results show that the average EWP of the seven urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin was less than 1, showing a trend of firstly rising and then slowly decreasing. The average EWP presents the distribution pattern of the highest in the middle reaches, followed by the upper reaches, and the lowest in the lower reaches of the Yellow River Basin, respectively. The average ecological economic efficiency in the first stage of urban agglomerations of the Yellow River Basin was greater than the average economic well-being efficiency in the second stage. The average EWP in the Yellow River Basin shows local spatial heterogeneity during the study period. Policy measures are proposed to promote the improvement of the EWP of urban agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin. This study can provide reference for the policy formulation of high-quality green development and sustainable construction of urban agglomeration in the Yellow River Basin.

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  • Feng Lan & Zhao Hui & Jing Bian & Ying Wang & Wenxin Shen, 2022. "Ecological Well-Being Performance Evaluation and Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in the Yellow River Basin," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-21, November.
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