Ziyuan Kexue (Feb 2023)
Regional coupling and coordination development of ecology-economy-society under the background of national park construction: A case study of Shennongjia Forest District
Abstract
[Objective] National parks take ecological protection as their primary function and give consideration to the comprehensive coordination of regional economy and society. Promoting regional coordinated development is the mandate and important way of national park development. This article aims to explore the coordination relationship and driving mechanism between national park construction and regional ecology, economy, and society. [Methods] Taking Shennongjia Forest District as an example and based on the regional ecological-economic-social evaluation systems, comparative analyze Shennongjia Forest District’s ecology, economy, and society before and after the construction of Shennongjia National Park, and discuss the relationship and driving mechanism between national park construction and the forest’s development with coupled and coordinated development model. [Results] The results show that: (1) During the study period from 2014 to 2020, the ecological, economic, and social conditions of Shennongjia Forest District were significantly improved, and the evaluation index values increased from 0.132, 0.107, and 0.166 to 0.438, 0.213, and 0.240, indicating the positive impact of national park construction on forest’s development; (2) The coupling degree of the ecological, economic, and social systems in the forest district remained at a high level with an average value of 0.988, and the coordination level had been improved from initial uncoordinated to somehow coordinated (from 0.359 to 0.551), indicating that the construction of the national park had promoted the coordinated development of the ecology, economy, and society in the forest district; (3) The reform of the national park system had promoted the optimization of the spatial and structural allocation of forest land, resource utilization methods, and investment priorities, and had been constantly coupled with regional ecological, economic, and social developments in terms of ecological protection, community development, and cultural service function construction. The improvement of the service function of the national park had also promoted the coordinated development of the region. [Conclusion] This research verified the positive impact of national park construction on regional coordinated development, and provides a scientific reference for national park construction and regional coordinated development.
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