Research on the Coupling and Coordination of"Population-Economy-Space"Urbanization in Hunan Province
To explore the degree of coupled and coordinated development of population,economy,and spatial ur-banization in Hunan Province,this paper constructs an internal indicator system representing population,econom-ic,and spatial urbanization.By utilizing entropy method,coupling degree,and coupling coordination degree mod-els,the paper analyzes the population,economic,and spatial urbanization indices,as well as the coupling degree and coupled coordinated development degree of 14 cities and prefectures in Hunan Province from 2011 to 2020 from both temporal and spatial dimensions.The results indicate that,in terms of time series,the urbanization indi-ces of population,economy,and space in all cities and prefectures in the province have generally shown an up-ward trend,with the main direction of urbanization shifting from population and spatial urbanization to economic urbanization.In terms of spatial patterns,the types of urbanization development in various cities and prefectures in Hunan Province in 2020 exhibited relatively small changes overall.Among them,only Changsha has reached a high level and basically coordinated stage,while other cities and prefectures are still in a stage of high-level mod-erate imbalance.
entropy weight methodurbanizationcoupled degreecoordinated development degreeHunan prov-ince