Spatiotemporal patterns of economic-ecological system coupling and coordination in Hainan Island and mechanism of impact
Under the background of global economic integration,the establishment of a higher-level balance of economic and ecological systems is of great significance for regional coordinated and sustainable development.This study analyzed the spatiotemporal evolution process and coupling and coordination degree of population,industry,and resource agents of the economic-ecological system of Hainan Island from the perspective of system theory in 2000-2022,and examined the roles of the economic agents and the socioeconomic environment factors,such as openness,stability,and continuity,and the mechanism of impact,through the panel data regression model.The results show that:1)In the past 23 years,the coupled and coordinated development of the economic and ecological systems on the Hainan Island has experienced three cyclical fluctuations,and the spatial pattern has been transformed from the original single core to the multi-core distribution of Haikou,Sanya,and Danzhou,forming a layout characterized by high values at the periphery and low values in the central area.2)Among the socioeconomic environment factors,continuity had a stronger impact than stability,welfare of the residents,capital investment,and educational input promoted the coupled and coordinated development of the economic and ecological systems,while the openness factor has not yet produced a significant effect.3)The economic-ecological system of Hainan Island has formed a multifaceted driving mechanism and integration.Subjects'internal drive,environmental forces,and policy drivers are the power sources of the system operation,and in the multiple and complex relationships,there is an urgent need for a strong integration mechanism to regulate and control,and to improve the system's dynamic adaptation and self-calibrating and balancing ability.4)The establishment of a new equilibrium of the system in the construction of the free trade port can be achieved by strengthening policy regulation and institutional security,expanding societal production,improving public services,and optimizing the industrial structure in order to build up the system's own regulation and coping capacity.
economic-ecological systemeconomic agentscoupling and coordinationHainan Island