Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin

Abstract The coordination development of the Water-Energy-Food complex system (WEF CS) is vital to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. However, the existing research ignores the influence of external environment, and it is not clear which dimension is the key driving m...

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Main Authors: Yingdong Hou, Guoying Zhao, Yujing Liu, Xiaoyang Li
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82601-6
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description Abstract The coordination development of the Water-Energy-Food complex system (WEF CS) is vital to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. However, the existing research ignores the influence of external environment, and it is not clear which dimension is the key driving mechanism for coordinated development of WEF CS. Herein, it built a theoretical framework of “system unit-nexus-natural environment” WEF CS based on the logical framework of “unit-nexus-external environment”, and adopted Dagum Gini coefficient, coupling coordination degree, and grey correlation models to explore the sustainable development ability of water resource, energy resource and food resource of the Yellow River Basin (YRB). It showed that (1) the overall development level of WEF CS showed significant stage differences, indicating upstream > downstream > midstream; (2) the overall Gini coefficient decreased from 0.123 in 2004 to 0.084 in 2020, and the spatial mismatch of development level mainly came from the difference between reaches; (3) the influencing factors of the key zones that hindered the development of WEF CS chiefly came from the nexus dimension. This study provides insights into optimizing spatial adaptation pattern and improving coordination development in basins.
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spelling doaj-art-a8df03a83ac04a2cb73fa073d6fd098c2025-08-20T02:43:36ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-12-0114111910.1038/s41598-024-82601-6Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basinYingdong Hou0Guoying Zhao1Yujing Liu2Xiaoyang Li3Hebei University of EngineeringSchool of Resources and Environment, Xingtai UniversityHebei University of EngineeringHebei University of EngineeringAbstract The coordination development of the Water-Energy-Food complex system (WEF CS) is vital to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. However, the existing research ignores the influence of external environment, and it is not clear which dimension is the key driving mechanism for coordinated development of WEF CS. Herein, it built a theoretical framework of “system unit-nexus-natural environment” WEF CS based on the logical framework of “unit-nexus-external environment”, and adopted Dagum Gini coefficient, coupling coordination degree, and grey correlation models to explore the sustainable development ability of water resource, energy resource and food resource of the Yellow River Basin (YRB). It showed that (1) the overall development level of WEF CS showed significant stage differences, indicating upstream > downstream > midstream; (2) the overall Gini coefficient decreased from 0.123 in 2004 to 0.084 in 2020, and the spatial mismatch of development level mainly came from the difference between reaches; (3) the influencing factors of the key zones that hindered the development of WEF CS chiefly came from the nexus dimension. This study provides insights into optimizing spatial adaptation pattern and improving coordination development in basins.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82601-6System unit-nexus-natural environmentSpatial adaptation patternCoordinated developmentDagum Gini coefficient
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Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
Scientific Reports
System unit-nexus-natural environment
Spatial adaptation pattern
Coordinated development
Dagum Gini coefficient
title Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
title_full Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
title_fullStr Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
title_full_unstemmed Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
title_short Spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water-energy-food complex system in the yellow river basin
title_sort spatial adaptation patterns and coordinated development of water energy food complex system in the yellow river basin
topic System unit-nexus-natural environment
Spatial adaptation pattern
Coordinated development
Dagum Gini coefficient
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82601-6
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