Spatial Econometric Analysis of the Level and Influencing Factors of Coupling and Coordination between Regional Logistics and the Ecological Environment in China

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 22; p. 15082
• Main Authors: Tian, Xinbao, Chen, Peiran, Li, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Air pollution; Carbon; China; Conservation of Natural Resources; Coordination; Ecological effects; Econometrics; Economic Development; Emissions; Energy consumption; Energy industry; Environmental impact; Environmental protection; Logistics; Low level; Regional development; Regional planning; Regions; Spatial Analysis; Sustainable Development; China; coupling and coordination relationship; entropy method; regional logistics; ecological environment
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215082

With the logistics industry becoming an important part of economic development, logistics activities have given rise to various environmental problems, which that affect the sustainable development of the ecological environment. In order to understand the status of regional sustainable development, it is of great significance to study the level of coordinated development of regional logistics and the ecological environment, and determine which variables will affect their coordinated development. To accomplish this objective, the entropy method is used to give the corresponding weight to each index and calculate the coupling degree and coordination degree of regional logistics and the ecological environment; next, the coupling coordination level of regional logistics and ecological environment in different provinces from 2010 to 2019 is measured by the coupling coordination degree model; then, we study the spatial effect of the influencing factors on the coordinated development level of regional logistics and ecological environment in 30 provinces of China from 2010 to 2019. At the same time, we investigate the spatial effect of each influencing factor on the coordination level. On the basis of the findings, relevant suggestions and measures are proposed. The main conclusions are as follows: (i) As China's economy is in the process of transformation to high-quality development, the coordinated development of regional logistics and the ecological environment is still at a relatively low level; (ii) due to the differences in the development basis of each region, the coordinated development level of regional logistics and the ecological environment is characterized by a regional imbalance; (iii) because of the significant spatial spillover effect, the coordinated development level of regional logistics and ecological environment shows obvious correlation in space.