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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 1457-1469.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.505

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Coupling analysis of new-type urbanization and agricultural ecosystem services in the middle section of the northern agro-pastoral ecotone in China

NING Yaxuan1(), YIN Hao1,2(), LI Jinnuo1   

  1. 1 College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2 Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2025-08-21 Revised:2025-11-20 Online:2026-07-25 Published:2026-07-07
  • Contact: YIN Hao E-mail:Ningyx1997@bjfu.edu.cn;yinhao@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The northern agropastoral ecotone serves as a critical ecological transition zone in China. The coordination level between new-type urbanization development and agricultural ecosystem service influences regional resource use efficiency and ecological stability, as well as its sustainable development potential. Focusing on 26 counties in the central northern agropastoral ecotone of China as the study area, this study constructs an evaluation system for new-type urbanization across four dimensions: population, economy, society, and agriculture. Based on land use data, an agricultural ecosystem service value assessment model is developed. Hotspot analysis, the coupling coordination degree model, and the geographical detector are employed to systematically analyze the spatiotemporal patterns and interaction mechanisms of new-type urbanization levels and agricultural ecosystem service values from 2010 to 2023. The results indicate that (1) The new-type urbanization level in the study area from 2010 to 2023 rose significantly, while agricultural ecosystem service values exhibited a fluctuating downward trend, with both variables maintaining a consistent “high in the east, low in the west” spatial distribution. (2) The coupling coordination between new-type urbanization and agricultural ecosystem services is characterized by “low-level stagnation and intensifying polarization”, with no counties yet achieving a state of coordinated development. (3) Geodetector analysis reveals that the driving mechanism is predominantly an “agricultural development-led” model, with per capita arable land and agricultural mechanization efficiency per unit area serving as the primary drivers. Interaction detection further shows an evolutionary shift in dominant factors from “economic-agricultural” to “intra-agricultural” synergies, ultimately resulting in a synergistic constraint driven by “resource-natural” factors. The results provide critical insights into the complex interactions between new-type urbanization and the agroecological environment, offering a scientific basis for formulating differentiated spatial governance policies that coordinately advance socio-economic development and agricultural ecological conservation.

Key words: new-type urbanization, agricultural ecosystem service value, coupling coordination degree, geographical detector, northern agro-pastoral ecotone