TITLE:
Study on the Spatial-Temporal Pattern Evolution and Countermeasures of Regional Coordinated Development in Anhui Province, China
AUTHORS:
Yizhen Zhang, Weidong Cao, Kun Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Coordinated Development, Coupling, Spatiotemporal Pattern, Anhui Province, China
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.8 No.1,
March
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: Regional coordinated development was an important measure to resolve new contradictions
in the new era, and it has gradually become a hotspot in geography research. At
three time points of 2010, 2013, and 2017, by constructing an evaluation index
system for the city comprehensive competitiveness, the entropy method and the
coupling coordination model were used to study the coordinated development
pattern of cities in Anhui Province. Moreover, we tried to raise the issue of
regional coordinated development in Anhui Province and corresponding
countermeasures. The results showed that the comprehensive competitiveness of
cities in Anhui Province has strong spatiotemporal heterogeneity. The spatial
development pattern with Hefei as the core was more obvious. The degree of
urban coupling in Anhui Province first declined and then increased. The high
values of coupling degree were mainly concentrated in cities such as Hefei and
Chuzhou, and the low values were mainly concentrated in cities in northern
Anhui such as Bozhou and Suzhou. Moreover, the degree of city coordination in
Anhui Province has strong hierarchical characteristics. Hefei, Chuzhou and
Bengbu have always occupied the position of high-quality coordination, while
Chizhou, Bozhou and Suzhou in southern Anhui and northern Anhui have been in a
state of imbalance. The research was conducive to improving the relevant
theories of regional coordinated development and to provide more theoretical
basis and practical significance for the coordinated development of Anhui
Province.