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The Dynamic Coordinated Development of a Regional Environment-Tourism-Economy System: A Case Study from Western Hunan Province, China

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  • Yaoqing Yuan

    (Business School, Huaihua University, No. 612, Yingfeng Road, Huaihua 418008, China
    Business School, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Maozhu Jin

    (Business School, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Jinfei Ren

    (Business School, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Mingming Hu

    (Business School, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China)

  • Peiyu Ren

    (Business School, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China)

Abstract

Based on regional coordination theory and system theory, the authors constructed an evaluation index system for the coordinated development of a regional environment-tourism-economy system with a pressure-state-response (PSR) model. With a coordinated development model, it further empirically analyzed the coordinated development state of an environment-tourism-economy system in western Hunan from 2001 to 2012. The results showed that, although this environment-tourism-economy system failed to achieve a high benefit index, inter-subsystem coupling extent, and coordinated development index, the three indices presented an increasing overall trend. This outcome suggested that the sub-systems in this system were developing towards their optimal proportions: the development of these sub-systems (environmental, tourism, and economic) was unbalanced in western Hunan. The environment therein sees only slow development although provided with a favorable ecological foundation. Economic development, which has long been lagging, acted as the main factor restricting the coordinated development of a regional environment-tourism-economy system. To promote its coordinated development in western Hunan, the following recommendations were proposed: strengthen the prediction and warnings on the evolution of the whole system; optimize the industry’s structure; reinforce environmental management.

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  • Yaoqing Yuan & Maozhu Jin & Jinfei Ren & Mingming Hu & Peiyu Ren, 2014. "The Dynamic Coordinated Development of a Regional Environment-Tourism-Economy System: A Case Study from Western Hunan Province, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(8), pages 1-21, August.
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