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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 515-526.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.242

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Geographical exploration of the spatial differentiation mechanism of eco-environmental quality in northwest China from the perspective of “production-living-ecological” space

DONG Jianhong1(),ZHANG Zhibin2,LIU Benteng1,ZHANG Xinhong1()   

  1. 1. College of Design and Art, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, China
    2. College of Geography and Environment Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu, China
  • Received:2022-05-24 Revised:2022-09-11 Online:2023-04-25 Published:2023-04-28

Abstract:

This study attempts to measure the eco-environmental effects of land use transformation in northwest China from 2000 to 2020 based on the perspective of land “production-living-ecological” function. For this, the study employs the eco-environmental quality index and ecological contribution rate model, and comprehensively uses hot-spots analysis tool, Geo-detectors tool, and other methods to discuss the evolution characteristics and differentiation mechanism of eco-environmental quality. The findings of this study show: (1) The “production-living-ecological” space in northwest China shows significant spatial differentiation, indicating an increasing trend of production and living space and a decreasing trend of ecological space. (2) The eco-environmental quality index increased from 0.22720 in 2000 to 0.22724 in 2010 and then decreased to 0.22699 in 2020, although the overall eco-environmental quality remained relatively stable. The change in eco-environmental quality exhibited both improvement and deterioration. The improvement of eco-environmental quality mainly depends on the protection of regional ecological space, while the deterioration of eco-environmental quality is that agricultural production land occupies ecological land in pastoral areas. (3) The eco-environmental quality is spatially characterized by “high in the southeast, second in the northwest, low in the middle”. The cold-spots and hot-spots in the evolution of the eco-environmental quality pattern are mainly concentrated in the southeast and northwest regions and have the same spatial distribution as the population and industry in the area. (4) The proportions of ecological land use, normalized vegetation index, and human active index were the leading factor of spatial differentiation of eco-environmental quality; the interactions between the influencing factors mainly include nonlinear enhancement and bi-factor enhancement. The internal interaction of natural factors and the interaction between natural factors and socio-economic factors affected the spatial differentiation characteristics of eco-environmental quality in northwest China. The results of this study may provide a theoretical basis for the optimization of the national land spatial pattern and ecological environment protection in northwest China.

Key words: land use function transformation, eco-environmental quality, spatial differentiation, northwest China