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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 149-158.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.159

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Spatiotemporal differentiation characteristics of coupled coordination development of Xinjiang land ports and port-counties

LI Xuemei1(),LIU Hehe2()   

  1. 1. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, Economic Research Institute, Urumqi 830002, Xinjiang, China
    2. School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2022-04-15 Revised:2022-06-27 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-02-21

Abstract:

The coordination development of land ports and port-counties is a key component of developing port economic belts with high quality. Using the entropy weight method and coupling coordination model, we analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of the coupling coordination development of Xinjiang land ports and port- counties in China from 2009 to 2019. The findings are as follows: (1) The overall development of Xinjiang land ports and port-counties can be divided into two phases: one was oriented by land ports, and the other by port- counties. The land port development has moderated as the number of cargoes imported and exported has decreased. (2) The coupling coordination development of Xinjiang land ports and port-counties has improved and can be divided into three levels: sound coordinated development represented by the Alashankou port; primary coordinated development by the Baketu port; barely coordinated development by the Taykexkin port. (3) The Xinjiang land port development pattern is evolving into a new pattern with the Alashankou and Khorgas ports as its core and other land ports as its wings. However, some port-counties are antiquated, which restricts the further improvement of coordinated development.

Key words: port economy belt, Xinjiang land ports, port-counties, coupling coordination degree, spatiotemporal characteristics