Abstract:

Clarifying the evolution process and influencing factors of rural “production-living-ecological spaces” conflict patterns in the metropolitan coordinating regions is a theoretical prerequisite for achieving high-quality synergistic development. Considering the Yinchuan metropolitan coordinating region, a cultivated metropolitan coordinating region in northwest China, as an example, this study integrates spatial conflict measurement models, hotspot analysis (Getis-Ord ${G}_{i}^{*}$), and the geographical detector model to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution process, mechanisms, and driving factors of rural “production-living-ecological spaces” conflicts since the urban-rural integration development stage. The results reveal that (1) Since the urban-rural integration stage, rural “production-living-ecological spaces” in the Yinchuan metropolitan coordinating region have maintained a long-term trade-off relationship. The conflict patterns exhibit significant “urban-rural differentiation” clustering characteristics in spatial dimensions and follow a “spatiotemporal alternation” evolution in temporal dimensions. (2) Differences in “natural endowments, urban-rural relationships, and development stages” dimensions are identified as core factors driving the formation and evolution of these conflicts. The study proposes that in the post-urban-rural integrated development phase, optimizing conflict patterns requires policy interventions as catalysts, supported by “terrain, geographic location, and transportation accessibility”, to achieve effective coordination among “resource endowment, population scale, and industrial structure”. This framework aims to deepen the optimization of rural “production-living-ecological spaces” conflicts in the Yinchuan metropolitan coordinating region.

Key words: rural “production-living-ecological spaces”, spatiotemporal conflict, pattern evolution, influencing mechanism, Yinchuan metropolitan coordinating region