Abstract
The watershed system has a complex game relationship between the benign operation and coordinated development of various elements of flood-sediment transportation, eco-environment, and socio-economy (FES). With the increasing breadth, depth, and intensity of human activities in watersheds, it is urgent to coordinate the FES. The relationship of water–sediment in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) is complex, with a prominent contradiction in water supply and a fragile ecosystem. This research tries to build a comprehensive evaluation model for FES and explore the complex interaction between FES in the YRB from 2000 to 2020. The results demonstrated that (1) the comprehensive flood-sediment transportation index (CFTI) and comprehensive eco-environment index (CEI) presented fluctuating growth. In contrast, the comprehensive socio-economy index (CSI) revealed a linear growth trend. The CFTI of Sanmenxia, CEI of Toudaokuan, and CSI of Ningxia had the highest growth rates, with 36.03%, 6.48%, and 107.5%, respectively. (2) FES's positive and negative effects were alternating, with heterogeneity in both time and space. (3) The coupling coordination degree (CCD) in the YRB indicated an increasing trend, ranging from 0.53 to 0.87, from reluctantly coordinated development to good coordinated development. The lagging subsystem was CFTI (2000–2001 and 2008–2020) and CSI (2002–2007), and the CEI was not lagging. (4) Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) demonstrated significant differences in the CCD of the YRB, and areas with similar CCD within the basin tend to be centrally distributed in space. At the same time, there was negative spatial autocorrelation in coordination. The results provide a scientific theoretical and methodological framework for strategic research on the YRB system's governance, protection, and management.
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Introduction
The World Cities Report 2022: Envisioning the Future of Cities, released by the United Nations, demonstrated that the global urban population increased from 29.5% in 1950 to 56.2% in 2021, and the pace of world urbanization will continue to accelerate in the next 30 years, and the world urbanization rate will increase from 56.2% in 2021 to 68% in 20501. In China, the urbanization rate of the permanent population exceeded 65.2% in 20222 and will reach 65.5% in 20253 and 70% in 20504. Northam5 pointed out that countries or regions with 30–70% urbanization rates are in an accelerated stage of development. At this stage, the required water resources6 significantly reduced environmental carrying capacity, leading to a series of problems7,8,9,10, such as water quality degradation11, ecological and environmental issues12,13,14,15,16, water scarcity, and pollution17,18 posed a significant threat to sustainable development19. The rapid economic and social development coupled with the reduction of water resources has attracted great attention from the public and scientific researchers on environmental and ecological issues20,21,22.
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the intensity of human activities' demand for natural ecosystems has been continuously increasing, leading to serious imbalances in natural ecosystems, resulting in prominent environmental problems such as global warming, food crisis, water resource shortage, ecosystem degradation, decreased biodiversity, land desertification, and marine pollution23,24. The YRB is the core birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, supporting over 150 million people and 15% of China's farmland25. In recent decades, the sedimentation, water quality deterioration, and river flow reduction in the YRB have significantly increased26,27. Against the backdrop of global climate change, high-intensity urbanization, and industrial development, a series of issues affecting sustainable urbanization construction have emerged in the YRB, including water resource shortage, water environment pollution, land desertification, and fragile ecological environment, posing a serious threat to the ecological environment quality of the basin28. The YRB is the river with the highest sediment content in the world, the second largest river in China, and the mother river of the Chinese nation, which has always been weak and sickly, with frequent floods, threats from floods, a fragile ecological environment in the basin, difficult water resource protection situations, and the need to improve development quality29. The ecological protection of the YRB is of great significance for the development and stability of China25. In recent years, the ecological protection of the YRB has received great attention from government departments30.
A watershed is a natural geographic system formed based on water systems, connecting natural elements such as mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, and grasses as a unified whole31,32. The watershed provides important natural resources and a development environment for socio-economic development. Still, excessive and substandard pollutants are discharged into the watershed during the socio-economic development process, causing serious pollution that destroys the stability of the watershed ecosystem33. Water is a fundamental natural and strategic resource, and ecology is an important link to maintaining the relationship between humans and nature34. The YRB, the region with the strongest interaction between humans and nature, strongly depends on the healthy life of rivers for socio-economic development. Based on the functional attributes of the YRB, the YRB system can be defined as a composite system with the ultimate goals of maintaining the basic functions of rivers (flood and sediment transport), sustainable socio-economic development, and effective protection of the ecological environment35. Therefore, it is necessary to quantify the relationship between FES in the YRB to support scientific decision-making for the governance of the YRB system.
The coupling theory originated in the field of physics36 and is a phenomenon where two or more systems interact and influence each other6,37,38, reflecting the strength of the interaction between the two parties and regulating and controlling various coupling processes39. Since its introduction, coupling theory has expanded to many fields, including environmental science, management science, ecology, and sociology40, playing a crucial role in studying the relationships between two or more systems41. The coupling degree (CD) is used to analyze the complex coupling relationships of multiple systems quantitatively. CD refers to measuring the degree of mutual correlation and internal effects between different systems, including control relationships, activation relationships, transmission relationships, etc42. The CD describes the degree of collaboration between sequence parameters during the development of a system. The key to the orderly development of a system is the synergistic effect between various subsystems within the system43. CD can reflect the mutual influence and connection between multiple subsystems, and the higher (lower) the CD, the higher (lower) the degree of correlation between subsystems, and the more stable (disordered) the system state44.
Since the CD can only represent the degree of mutual influence and interaction between different systems, there may be a phenomenon of false coupling (both systems have low comprehensive levels but high CD) at a specific moment, so a coupling coordination degree model (CCDM) needs to be introduced45. The concept of CCD co-scheduling46 was firstly proposed by Chinese scholar Yang Shihong in the 1990s, based on previous theories, and was inherited and developed by later scholars. CCD is a phenomenon originating from system theory, emphasizing the close connections and complex interactions between different subsystems, which can explain the sustainable development of the system47,48. CCD is an indicator that measures the degree of coupling between various subsystems within a system and can also demonstrate the level of coordinated development between each subsystem. The CCD index has a complete evaluation plan and evaluation criteria49, and the CCDM was applied to elucidate the interrelationships between subsystems and the coordination level of the system composed of several subsystems50. This model is easy to calculate and has intuitive results, so it is widely used to study the CCD development level between multiple systems such as economy, agriculture, urbanization, and ecology51,52,53,54,55. The main research methods for quantitative modeling of multiple system coupling relationships include the STIRPAT model56,57, coupling coordination degree model45, multi-agent model58, and big data and urban computing models59,60,61,62.
At present, there are mainly systematic studies on the YRB, including water-energy-food63,64, low-carbon development-eco-environment65, economic growth-urbanization construction-water resources-industrial development66, water utilization-industrial development-ecological welfare67, production-living-ecological spaces68. The methods used in these studies are all CCDM. The CCDM is widely used to explore the coupling relationship and degree of interaction between different systems, but there is no research on the CCD relationship between FES. The three factors of FES are key driving forces for promoting ecological protection and high-quality development in the YRB, all of which are essential. From the systems theory perspective, these three factors together form a holistic system, each of which complements other factors.
The YRB covers different natural and geographical conditions, socio-economic development models, ecological environment types, and water demand. On the other hand, the evolution characteristics of the YRB channel also have significant spatial differences. The comprehensive management of the YRB needs to consider various factors such as nature, society, ecology, sediment, and river channels69. Therefore, studying the coupling relationship between FES in the YRB is crucial and has an important theoretical and practical significance for watershed governance and environmental pollution control in China's urbanization process. This paper attempts to treat the FES of the YRB as subsystems of the entire basin. By constructing a CCDM of FES systems in the basin, the CCD relationship between FES systems in the YRB is explored. At the same time, the ESDA36 was applied to evaluate the CCD of FES in the YRB. This study aims to (1) calculate the comprehensive FES index to explore the FES development status of the YRB. (2) Analyze the coupling and coordination between FES in various regions by CCDM. (3) Test the spatio-temporal heterogeneity to reveal the bidirectional relationships between FES by Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression (GTWR) in the YRB from 2000 to 2020. (4) Analysis of the disparities in the CCD of the FES based on ESDA.
Materials and methods
Study area
The Yellow River originates from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai. Its mainstream flows through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces and flows into the Bohai Sea in Dongying. The total length of the YR is 5464 km, with a drop of 4480 m and a drainage area of 795,000 km2. The YRB is located between 95°53′–119°5′ E and 32°10′–41°50′ N (Fig. 1). The map in Fig. 1 was prepared by the co-authors with the help of ArcGIS 10.2 (https://support.esri.com/en/download/2093). Above Hekou is the upper reaches of the YRB, with a length of 3471.6 km and a drainage area of 428,000 km2. From Hekou to Taohuayu is the middle reaches of the YRB, with a length of 1206.4 km and a drainage area of 344,000 km2. It is downstream from Taohuayu to the estuary, with a length of 785.6 km and a catchable area of 23,000 km2.
The YRB is in the northern part of the East Asian Sea land monsoon region. The average annual precipitation in the YRB over the years is 476 mm, and the seasonal distribution of precipitation is very uneven, mainly concentrated in summer and autumn (from June to September). The distribution of precipitation shows a decreasing trend from southeast to northwest, with more in the east and less in the west, and more in the south and less in the north. The annual average temperature in the YRB ranges from – 4 to 14℃, with a general trend of high in the south and low in the north, high in the east and low in the west. In 2020, the watershed's population was 320 million, the urbanization rate was 53.42%, the total water resources were 649.08 billion cubic meters, and the gross domestic product was 20.83 trillion yuan. The proportions of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries are 7.42%, 41.14%, and 51.44%, respectively.
Yellow River Basin system
Schum70 proposed that according to the natural state of a river, the entire river can be divided into three subsystems from upstream to downstream: the catchment basin subsystem, the river channel subsystem, and the estuarine delta subsystem. Jiang et al.35 divided the watershed system into three major subsystems based on river functions: flood-sediment transportation subsystem, eco-environment subsystem, and socio-economic subsystem. This study adopted the watershed subsystem classification method proposed by Jiang et al.35, and Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the interaction between the three subsystems in the YRB. The flood-sediment transportation system includes the natural structure of rivers, such as riparian zones, riverbeds, water bodies, and wading works, which is related to the transport of river water and sand materials and directly impacts the socio-economy and eco-environment. The socio-economic subsystem includes indicators such as GDP, grain yield, and other indicators that reflect the supporting function of rivers for socio-economic development, such as water diversion. The composition of the socio-economic subsystem here is limited to content related to the interaction between rivers and socio-economic factors. It does not include content that is completely part of the social system, such as history, culture, and social relations. The eco-environment subsystem consists of the biological communities, habitats, vegetation, and other components related to the ecological environment in rivers and riverfront areas. Under the theoretical framework of the YRB system, each subsystem has its structure, function, and composition and can be characterized by a series of characteristic indicators during the research process.
Data resources and preprocessing
The raw data of different indicators have significant differences in amplitude and scale, and the data lacks comparability. Therefore, it is necessary to standardize the raw data for extreme differences71.
The socio-economic statistical data are from the past Statistical Yearbook and Water Resources Bulletin of Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong from 2000 to 2020. The flood-sediment transportation and eco-environment statistical data are initially from the YRB Hydrological Yearbook from 2000 to 2020.
where xij and \(x^{\prime}_{ij}\) are the primitive and standardized values of the indicator j in the year i, respectively. max(xij) and min(xij) are the maximum and minimum values of the indicator j in the year i, respectively.
Analysis methods
Construction of the indicator system
The flood-sediment transportation subsystem is related to the basic functions of river material transport and flood and sand transport. The eco-environment subsystem is associated with the quality and part of the ecological environment within the river system. In contrast, the socio-economic subsystem is related to the supporting role of the river in the socio-economic development of the river area and the degree of dependence of the latter on the former35.
The flood-sediment transportation subsystem includes river hydrological processes, the carrying capacity of rivers, and the regulation capacity of reservoirs. The constraint factors can be divided into runoff and sediment, including indicators reflecting runoff characteristics, flow characteristics, and sediment characteristics. The constraint factors in the eco-environment subsystem are based on the ecological water demand of typical river sections in the YRB. In the socio-economic subsystem, the water supply in the YRB is mainly irrigation, so in selecting socio-economic constraints, factors that characterize agricultural production are emphasized, including grain production, primary output value, sowing area of grain crops, GDP, and water intake. Table 1 is the index system.
Water intake refers to the total amount of water taken by various types of water users outside the river, including domestic water, industrial water, agricultural water, and artificial ecological environment replenishment.
Calculation of the comprehensive index
The entropy method is often used to determine the weight of the CCDM72.
where Sij is the proportion of the indicator j in the year i; ej is the entropy of each indicator; gj is the entropy redundancy; \(\omega_{j}\) is the weight of each indicator j; uij is the comprehensive effectiveness of these subsystems, including CFTI, CEI, CSI; n is years, and m is the number of indicators.
Coupling coordination degree model
where \(u_{1}\), \(u_{2}\), and \(u_{3}\) respectively represent CFTI, CEI, and CSI. T is the comprehensive coordination index of systematic FES. \(\alpha\), \(\beta\) and \(\gamma\) are the undetermined coefficient. Since the urban subsystem and water environment subsystem are equally important, this paper took \(\alpha = \beta = \gamma = \frac{1}{3}\)67. Referring to the research results of Wang et al.73, this study divided the CCD results into four levels (Table 2).
Geographically and temporally weighted regression
GTWR can more intuitively display the geostatistical relationships of variables within each sample area at any time node, effectively reflecting the evolutionary relationships of variables in spatiotemporal scenarios74.
where \(\left( {u_{i} ,v_{i} ,t_{i} } \right)\) represents the spatiotemporal three-dimensional coordinates of the i-sample point, n represents the number of sample points and \(\beta_{k} \left( {u_{i} ,v_{i} ,t_{i} } \right)\) represents the regression coefficient of the k independent variable of the i-sample point. \(\varepsilon_{i}\) represents the random error of the i-sample point.
Exploratory spatial data analysis
ESDA can be applied to global and local spatial agglomeration and anomalies, revealing the spatial interaction mechanism between different systems36. Global Moran’s I is the spatial correlation pattern of specific attribute values in the study area75 between − 1 and 1.
where wij represents the element of the two-dimensional spatial weight matrix, n represents the Number of regional units. xi and xj represent the observed values of ith and jth prefecture-level systems, respectively, and \(\overline{x}\) represent the average value of the experimental values of prefecture-level systems.
Results and analysis
Changes in CFTI, CEI, and CSI of the Yellow River Basin
Figure 3a shows the apparent change trend of CFTI in the YRB from 2000 to 2020. During the study period, the CFTI of each hydrological station varied frequently and had significant differences. The overall trend of CFTI from 2000 to 2014 was increasing, with a decrease from 2015 to 2017 and an increase from 2018 to 2020. Sanmenxia's CFTI presented the most significant change, increasing from 0.01 to 0.84, with an increased rate of 107.5%, followed by Lijin, Shizhuishan, and Huayuankou, with growth rates of 52.3%, 43.96%, and 41.46%, respectively.
The CEI of each hydrological station changes frequently and shows an overall increasing trend (Fig. 3b). Toudaoguai's CEI revealed the most significant change, increasing from 0.4 to 0.67, with an increased rate of 6.48%, followed by Lijin, Tongguan, Shizuishan, and Huayuankou, with growth rates of 6.46%, 4.66%, 3.22%, and 0.61%, respectively.
As can be seen from the color change in Fig. 3c, CSI gradually increased in the YRB from 2000 to 2020. Among them, Ningxia had the most significant change (36.03%), followed by Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, and Henan, with growth rates of 23.27%, 24.51%, 22.5%, and 24.69%, respectively.
The spatial–temporal heterogeneity between CFTI, CEI and CSI
Because there are three subsystems in the FES system, GTWR analysis is divided into two cases: (1) One explanatory variable and one dependent variable; (2) Two Explanatory variables and one dependent variable.
One explanatory variable and one dependent variable
For one explanatory variable and one dependent variable, Table 3 shows the other parameters. The feedback of different systems in the YRB from 2000 to 2020 is shown in Fig. 4. This model had good explanatory power and can effectively describe the relationship between one explanatory variable and one dependent variable. There was spatiotemporal heterogeneity between the three subsystems in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the YRB and in terms of time.
The impact of CEI on CFTI and CFTI on CEI is consistent in the upper reaches of the Yellow River (UYR), middle reaches of the Yellow River (MYR), and lower reaches of the Yellow River (LYR). The CEI has a positive impact on CFTI from 2000–2008 and 2017–2020 and a negative impact from 2009–2016; The effect of CFTI on CEI was positive from 2009–2017 and negative from 2000–2008 and 2018–2020.
There were differences in the impact of CSI on CFTI, CSI on CEI, CFTI on CSI, and CEI on CSI in the UYR, MYR and LYR. The effects of CSI on CFTI in the UYR are negative (2000–2002), positive (2003–2006), negative (2007–2009), positive (2010–2011), negative (2012–2014), positive (2015–2020); in the MYR, negative (2000–2014), positive (2015–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2014), positive (2015–2020).
The impact of CSI on CEI in the UYR was positive (2000–2014), negative (2015–2020); in the MYR, negative (2000–2001), positive (2002–2016), negative (2016–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2011), negative (2012–2013), positive (2014–2017), negative (2018–2020).
The impact of CFTI on CSI in the UYR was positive (2000–2012), negative (2013–2014), positive (2015–2020); in the MLR, negative (2000–2008), positive (2009–2020); in the LYR, positive (2000–2007), negative (2008), positive (2009), negative (2010–2014), positive (2015–2020).
The impact of CEI on CSI in the UYR was positive (2000–2013), negative (2014–2020); in the MYR, negative (2000–2001), positive (2002–2016), negative (2017–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2011), negative (2012–2014), positive (2015–2018), negative (2018–2020).
Two explanatory variables and one dependent variable
For two explanatory variables and one dependent variable, Table 4 shows the other parameters. The feedback of different systems in the YRB from 2000 to 2020 is shown in Fig. 5. This model had good explanatory power and can effectively describe the relationship between two explanatory variables and one dependent variable. There is spatiotemporal heterogeneity between the three subsystems in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the YRB and in terms of time.
The impact of CEI on CFTI shows a consistent trend in the UYR, MYR, and LYR, ranging from positive (2000–2007) to negative (2008–2018).
The impact of CSI on CFTI varies. In the UYR, there are negative (2000–2002), positive (2003–2006), negative (2007–2009), positive (2010), negative (2011–2014), and positive (2015–2020); in the MYR, negative (2000–2014), positive (2015–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2014), positive (2015–2020).
The impact of CFTI on CEI varied. In the UYR, there were negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2017), and negative (2018–2020); in the MYR, negative (2000–2007), positive (2008–2012), negative (2013–2015), and positive (2016–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2009), positive (2010–2013), and negative (2014–2020).
The impact of CSI on CEI varied, with positive (2000–2013) and negative (2014–2020) in the UYR; in the MYR, negative (2000–2001), positive (2002–2016), negative (2017–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2011), negative (2012–2014), and positive (2015–2020).
The impact of CFTI on CSI varied in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the YRB, with negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2011), negative (2013–2014), and positive (2015–2020) in the UYR; in the MYR, positive (2000–2006), negative (2007–2013), positive (2014–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2009), negative (2010–2014), and positive (2015–2020).
The impact of CEI on CSI varied in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the YRB, with positive (2000–2013) and negative (2014–2020) in the UYR; in the MYR, there were negative (2000–2001), positive (2002–2016), and negative (2017–2020); in the LYR, negative (2000–2005), positive (2006–2011), negative (2012–2014), and positive (2015–2020).
The coupling coordination type of the Yellow River Basin
Figure 6 shows the CCD variation trend of FES in the YRB's upper, middle, and lower reaches from 2000 to 2020. The map in Fig. 6 was prepared by the co-authors with the help of ArcGIS 10.2 (https://support.esri.com/en/download/2093). Overall, the CCD in the YRB indicated an increasing trend from reluctantly coordinated development to good coordinated development. In the UYR, CCD varied from 0.53 in 2000 to 0.862 in 2020, with levels ranging from reluctantly coordinated development (2000–2005), primary coordinated development (2006–2009, 2011, and 2015–2017), mode coordinated development (2010, 2013–2014), and good coordinated development (2018–2020). In the MYR, CCD varied from 0.56 in 2000 to 0.864 in 2020, with changes in levels ranging from reluctantly coordinated development (2000, 2003, and 2008), primary coordinated development (2001–2002, 2004–2006, 2010, 2013–2014, and 2016–2018), moderate coordinated development (2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015), and good coordinated development (2019–2020). In the LYR, CCD varied from 0.51 in 2000 to 0.89 in 2020, with levels ranging from reluctantly coordinated development (2000, 2002, 2004), primary coordinated development (2001, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, and 2016, 2018), moderate coordinated development (2007, 2011, 2015), and good coordinated development (2012, 2019, 2020).
Figure 7 shows a significant improvement in CEI and CSI quality scores. CFTI fluctuates sharply between [0.17–0.74]. From 2012 to 2017, there was a downward trend in the values of various indicators in CFTI, leading to a decline in CFTI. Figure 8 shows the variation characteristics of the annual average discharge, which showed a significant downward trend from 2012 to 2017. The variation characteristics of other indicators are similar to Fig. 8. CFTI had a sharp decline from 2012 to 2017, mainly due to the decrease in variable internal indicators of CFTI.
CD demonstrated a downward trend from 2012 to 2017, but its average value remained above 0.92, slightly different from year to year. The CD value remains high, indicating a clear interaction between CFTI, CEI, and CUI. The range of CCD variation was 0.53–0.87, and the level can be divided into nine classes, namely reluctantly coordinated development with lagging flood media transportation (2000–2001), reluctantly coordinated development with lagging social-economic (2002–2003), primary coordinated development with lagging social-economic (2004–2007), immediate coordinated development with bagging flood edition transportation (2008–2009), modify coordinated development with bagging flood edition transportation (2010–2011), good coordinated growth with bagging flood edition transportation (2012), modify coordinated development with bagging flood edition transportation (2013–2014), primary coordinated development with lagging flood edition transportation (2015–2017), good coordinated development with lagging flood edition transportation (2018–2020). The lagging subsystems were flood and sediment transport (2000–2001 and 2008–2020) and socio-economy (2002–2007), with no lagging eco-environment.
Analysis of the disparities in the CCD based on ESDA
Wang et al.76 pointed the CCD of an area depends not only on internal factors but also on the surrounding area. ESDA can confirm a trend of increasing or decreasing spatial bias. The spatial relationship characteristics of CCD in the study area were as follows (Fig. 9): The global Moran's I value of CCD from 2000 to 2011 was negative, showing negative spatial autocorrelation. However, from 2012 to 2020, CCD exhibited positive spatial autocorrelation. The global Moran's I changed from negative to positive, indicating a clustering trend in areas like CCD. The direction of spatial cohesion often increased over time.
Discussion
Evolutionary characteristics of various elements in the complex giant system of the Yellow River Basin
Systems are ubiquitous in nature and human society and can be classified into various types based on different principles70. Basin is a natural catchment area that is enclosed by the watershed of surface water and groundwater77. The basin is both a whole and has significant spatial heterogeneity, with complex and diverse forms of problems caused by the interaction between the river itself, the ecological environment, and socio-economic factors. At present, research on the elements of the Yellow River Basin system mainly includes water, energy and food63, low-carbon development and eco-environment65, sustainable development and environmental protection66, water utilization, industrial development and ecological welfare67, urbanization and water resource78, urbanization and ecosystem service value79, ecology and economy80, resources, economy and ecosystem81, human settlement environment and tourism industry82, public health, ecological environment and economic development83. agricultural carbon emissions efficiency and economic growth84, tourism, ecological-environment and public service85. This study found that the CCD values in the FES system of the Yellow River Basin showed an increasing trend, ranging from 0.53 to 0.87 for flood-sediment transportation, eco-environment, and socio-economy. Table 5 shows the CCD of other systems in the Yellow River Basin. In terms of time, relevant research mainly focuses on the past 20 years (2000–2020), with years as the time scale. The trend of CCD changes is mainly increasing, ranging from 0.26 to 0.87, with categories ranging from moderate functional decade to good coordinated development. These research results demonstrate that the relationships between various elements, such as ecology, economy, society, water resources, and population in the Yellow River Basin are becoming increasingly coordinated.
Construction of the index system
Based on the mutual feedback mechanism of the coupling system of flood and sediment transport, eco-environment, and socio-economy in the YRB, the goal was to promote the economic development of the beach area, ensure flood control safety, and maintain the ecological security of the basin. Based on previous research achievements and indicators, combined with the current research status, the principles of comprehensiveness, scientific, and typicality should be followed when selecting indicators86, mainly including (1) the principle of scientific, which can accurately express the relationship between social economy, flood control safety, and ecological environment; (2) the principle of comprehensiveness, starting from different perspectives, selects indicators that can represent the states of three systems, and the indicators of each subsystem are not included, repeated, or independent of each other; (3) the principle of hierarchy is to select indicators that are divided into first-level indicators and second level indicators; (4) the principle of dynamism is that all indicators change over time; (5) the principle of operability is that indicators have quantifiability and accessibility87. The socio-economic subsystem indicators drew on existing research75. The flood discharge and sand transport system indicators mainly adopted some basic characteristic indicators of the river, such as flow and sediment characteristics. The eco-environment indicators specifically considered the ecological water demand of key sections in the YRB.
Measures for the coordinated development of FES
Based on the consumption and flow characteristics of water resources in the YRB, as well as the spatiotemporal evolution trend of coupled and coordinated development of flood-sediment transportation, eco-environment, and socio-economy, the study proposed an improvement path for regionally coordinated action in the YRB, which helps to improve the ecological protection and high-quality development level of the YRB (Fig. 10). UYR should strengthen its economic development, technological innovation, and resource optimization capabilities while protecting water conservation areas. MYR should further enhance new energy development and utilization capacity and strengthen ecological environment governance and restoration. LYR should adhere to concentrated and intensive development, enhance population and industrial carrying capacity, and fully leverage the leading role of high-quality economic development.
The measures that can be taken in flood-sediment transportation include water source conservation, strengthening water resource supervision, soil and water conservation, improving the water resource management system and mechanism, establishing a long-term mechanism for water resource protection, and implementing the strictest water resource management system. In terms of socio-economic aspects, measures can be taken to strengthen investment in education and science and technology, promote economic and social development, transform agricultural production methods, control population size, promote the transformation of agriculture to the tertiary industry, control population size, improve population quality, and adjust population structure. The measures that can be taken in terms of eco-environment include establishing precise compensation mechanisms for cross-provincial and cross-basin compensation, strengthening ecological environment supervision, strengthening forest greening and nature reserve construction, increasing ecological water use rate, increasing forest coverage, ecological protection, and strengthening green construction and management.
Deficiencies and prospects
All models have certain uncertainties88. This study had some limitations and proposed possible future research directions. This study did not consider the failure to obtain some indicator data, mainly reflected in flood discharge, sediment transport, and ecological environment. The flood-sediment transportation subsystem included river hydrological processes, the carrying capacity of river channels, and the regulation capacity of reservoirs. The constraint factors can be divided into runoff and sediment, river boundary, and reservoir regulation capacity. This study only considered indicators related to runoff and sediment. The constraint factors in the eco-environment subsystem included river water quality, water surface area, habitat area, biodiversity, ecological water demand, vegetation coverage, etc. This study only considered the environmental flow needs of rivers, reflecting the survival environment, survival range, species structure, and the degree to which a series of requirements such as flow, water volume, and fluctuation timing are guaranteed and met during the critical development period of various organisms in the river system. Therefore, the incomplete indicator system, to some extent, affected the accuracy of the results. Thus, with future flood-sediment transportation and eco-environment data opening, it is necessary to enrich further and modify the established indicator system.
Conclusion
The entropy methods, CCDM, GTWR, and ESDA, were used to analyze FES's spatial and temporal heterogeneity in China's YRB from 2000 to 2020. The main conclusions of this paper are as follows:
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The CFTI and CEI in the YRB showed fluctuating growth, while CSI presented a linear growth trend. The CUI of various regions in the YRB constantly changed, with significant differences between regions. The CSI growth rate in Ningxia was as high as 36.03%, and overall, the quality of urbanization in the YRB was improving. The CFTI of Sanmenxia has the largest change, with a growth rate of 107.5%; The CEI of Toudaoguai has the largest change, with a growth rate of 6.48%.
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Whether it was one explanatory variable and one dependent variable or two explanatory variables and one dependent variable, the positive and negative effects between FES alternate. There is heterogeneity in both time and space.
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From 2000 to 2020, CCD in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the YRB revealed an increasing trend. Still, the change rate differed from barely coordinated development to good coordinated development. The CCD variation range of the entire watershed ranged from 0.53 to 0.87, with the lagging subsystems being flood and sedimentation transport (2000–2001 and 2008–2020) and socio-economy (2002–2007), with no lagging eco-environment.
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ESDA indicated that CCD in the YRB has shown different spatial clustering characteristics since 2000. From 2000 to 2011, CCD had negative spatial autocorrelation and tended to be distributed in space. From 2012 to 2020, CCD exhibited positive spatial autocorrelation and grew to be distributed spatially, reflecting the strengthening of connections between the UYR, MYR, and LYR. The above results reflect the spatial correlation and heterogeneity of CCD between FES in the YRB.
The research results provide powerful research tools and solid scientific support for the strategic layout and coordinated promotion of watershed system governance, protection, and high-quality socio-economic development.
Data availability
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Abbreviations
- FES:
-
Flood-sediment transportation, eco-environment, and socio-economy
- YRB:
-
Yellow River Basin
- CFTI:
-
Comprehensive flood-sediment transportation index
- CEI:
-
Comprehensive eco-environment index
- CSI:
-
Comprehensive socio-economy index
- CCD:
-
Coupling coordination degree
- CD:
-
Coupling degree
- CCDM:
-
Coupling coordination degree model
- ESDA:
-
Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
- GTWR:
-
Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression
- UYR:
-
Upper reaches of the Yellow River
- MYR:
-
Middle reaches of the Yellow River
- LYR:
-
Lower reaches of the Yellow River
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The work is supported by the Yellow River Water Science Research Joint Fund (U2243214), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52309092), the Basic R&D Specical Fund of Central Government for Non-profit Research Institutes (HKY-JBYW-2024-08), the Science and Technology Development Fund of the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research (202310).
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Zhao, G., Tian, S., Jiang, E. et al. Coordination analysis of flood-sediment transportation, eco-environment, and socio-economy coupling in the governance of the Yellow River Basin system. Sci Rep 14, 8090 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58759-4
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