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Changes in the coupling coordination relationship between ecosystem services and residents’ well-being and its influencing factors in the Luoxiao Mountain area

KONG Fanbin1,2(), JIN Chentao1, XU Caiyao1,*()   

  1. 1. Rural Revitalization Academy of Zhejiang Province/Green Rural Revival Program Academy, College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
    2. Institute of Digital Forestry and Green Development, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2023-09-10 Revised:2024-02-21 Online:2025-01-30 Published:2025-01-21
  • Contact: XU Caiyao E-mail:kongfanbin@aliyun.com;caiyao@126.com

Abstract:

【Objective】 In order to clarify the coupling coordination relationship between the ecosystem services provision level and well-being level of residents, along with its key influencing factors in ecological resource-rich, former concentrate contiguous special hardship areas, a scientific basis is provided for these areas to formulate development plans and policies aimed at realizing common prosperity based on ecological resources. 【Method】 An evaluation index system for residents’ well-being level was constructed by focusing on the former concentrated contiguous special hardship areas in the Luoxiao Mountain area as the research subject. The ecosystem services provision level was determined using the InVEST model, and the coupling coordination relationship between the ecosystem services provision level and residents’ well-being level, as well as its influencing factors during the period from 2000 to 2020 in the Luoxiao Mountain area, was analyzed utilizing the coupling coordination degree model and econometric regression model. 【Result】 (1) The water conservation, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration services in the Luoxiao Mountain area were slowly decreasing and exhibit varying spatial distributions. (2) The residents’ well-being level increased by 181%. (3) The supply levels of water conservation, soil conservation, and carbon sequestration services, along with the population’s well-being, show a coupling coordination relationship, although with a downward trend. (4) Per capita cultivated land area, the number of industrial enterprises above a large scale, and the number of beds in social welfare centers positively influenceed changes in the coupling coordination relationship between the ecosystem services provision level and the well-being level of residents in the Luoxiao Mountain area. 【Conclusion】A robust mechanism for the industrial transformation of ecosystem services and product values should be established. Ecological industrial enterprises above scale must be vigorously developed, capitalizing on ecological resource advantages. Local residents should be actively employed, contributing to the sustained growth of their incomes to enhance the coordinated relationship between the two systems.

Key words: ecosystem services provision, residents’ well-being level, InVEST model, coupling coordination, Luoxiao Mountains area

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