Disentangling the Local Coupling and Telecoupling of Urbanization and Ecosystem Services to Reveal Archetypical Social–Ecological Interactions in Urban Agglomerations

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ID21647652
AutoresZheyi Xia (0000-0002-8934-9000, College of Land Science and Technology China Agricultural University Beijing China), Runmiao Zhu (College of Land Science and Technology China Agricultural University Beijing China), Jiasi Huang (State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science Beijing Normal University Beijing China), Xue Wei (0000-0002-3240-9973, Center for Public Policy and Social Management Innovation Research Henan Normal University Xinxiang China), Kui Liu (0000-0002-7519-3332, School of Public Policy and Administration Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an China), Jinyi Zhang (0000-0003-1577-2882, Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Center, MNR Beijing China), Zhen Shen (0000-0001-7572-9195, College of Land Science and Technology China Agricultural University Beijing China), Chengcheng Yuan (College of Land Science and Technology China Agricultural University Beijing China), Liming Liu (0000-0002-8021-533X, College of Land Science and Technology China Agricultural University Beijing China, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen36
Número11
Páginas3916-3939
Fecha de publicación2025-07-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLand Degradation and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1085-3278 • E-ISSN: 1099-145X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ldr.5607
OpenAlexW4409085504
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas128

Investigating the spatial coupling between urbanization and ecosystem services (ESs) enhances the understanding of social–ecological interactions while addressing sustainability challenges in urban agglomerations. While most studies have focused on local coupling between urbanization and ESs, fewer have examined their telecoupling, considering the increasing interactions of distant systems. In this study, we developed a methodological framework to disentangle the local and telecoupling of urbanization and ESs in the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei urban agglomeration, China. Urbanization and seven ESs were mapped, and their spatial coupling relationships were quantified. Different coupling interactions were further generalized through archetype analysis, and their influencing factors were identified. The results indicate that from 2000 to 2020, the number of counties with relatively high‐level local coupling increased. Urbanization lagged or balanced with ESs in most counties. The number of counties with high‐level telecoupling showed both increases and decreases across different ESs, revealing the spatial networks between urbanization and ESs. Areas with different local and telecoupling relationships were clustered into four archetypical social–ecological interactions. These interactions were distributed along the urban–peri‐urban–rural gradient: three different types of telecoupling were found separately in mountainous, rural, and central urban areas, while the local coupling type was mainly distributed in peri‐urban areas. Our study provides implications for the targeted land management of similar urban agglomerations. We suggest considering both local coupling to increase local self‐sufficiency and telecoupling to improve ecological compensation, thereby fostering sustainable development

Biology · Economic geography · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Geography · Urban agglomeration · Urbanization · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology