Spatial-temporal pattern of coordinated development of tourism economy and ecological civilization in the Yellow River Basin
The ecological governance on the Yellow River,combined with the rich cultural heritages in the region,jointly propels the economic development in the Yellow River basin,and the development of green tourism enhances the well-being of the population,advances ecological civilization construction and achieves high-quality development in the Yellow River basin.Focusing on the nine provinces(regions)along the Yellow River Basin,the coefficient of variation,coupling coordination model,and obstacle degree model are used to calculate and analyze the spatial-temporal patterns of coupling coordination degree between tourism economic development and ecological civilization construction from 2001 to 2021,and to identify obstacle factors.The results indicate that:1)In terms of spatial-temporal changes,both systems exhibit an overall positive trend,with the east region outperforms the west region.Shandong stands out as a region with high-level development within the entire basin.2)The overall coupling coordination degree of the basin is at the primary coordination level.Qinghai and Ningxia are on the verge of imbalance,while Shandong and Henan are at an intermediate coordination level.The policy-driven effects of ecological civilization construction are evident.3)The distribution of the barycenter for overall coupling coordination degree within the basin follows a northeast-southwest direction,with Shaanxi serving as the barycenter for the entire basin.4)The obstacle factor for the overall coupling coordination degree of the basin is the tourism economy development,and the major obstacle factors for the two systems are the scale of tourism market and the cultural construction,respectively.
tourism economy developmentecological civilization constructioncoupling coordinationspatial-temporal patternobstacle factorsYellow River Basin