Arid Zone Research ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 2093-2103.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2025.11.12

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Coupled coordination level measurement and interaction response analysis of new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin

ZHOU Wenhui1(), XU Caiyan2()   

  1. 1. Business School, Quzhou University, Quzhou 324000, Zhejiang, China
    2. School of Statistics and Data Science, Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2025-05-15 Revised:2025-07-25 Online:2025-11-15 Published:2025-12-13
  • Contact: XU Caiyan E-mail:zhouwenhui@qzc.edu.cn;sbxcy9312@163.com

Abstract:

It is of great scientific significance and practical value to quantitatively evaluate the coupling coordination degree and mutual response relationship between new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin for promoting ecological protection in the basin. Based on the construction of the coupling coordination evaluation index system of new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin, this study comprehensively used Kernel density estimation, Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition method, coupling coordination model, and panel VAR model to explore the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics and interactive response relationship between the coupling coordination degree of new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin from 2013 to 2022. The results showed that: (1) During the study period, the coupling coordination level of new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin significantly improved, with still much room for improvement in terms of high quality coordination. (2) The contribution rate of inter-basin differences was 60%-70%, primarily causing regional imbalance, especially a “fault gap” in the upstream, middle, and lower reaches. (3) The new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin had a “self-reinforcing effect,” and there was a dynamic interaction response of “short-term inhibition and long-term promotion” between the two but a virtuous circle was not yet formed. This study provides a certain reference value and scientific basis for promoting the development of new quality productivity and ecological resilience in the Yellow River Basin based on local conditions.

Key words: Yellow River Basin, new quality productivity, ecological resilience, coupling coordination, interaction response