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The influence mechanism of new-type urbanization on the eco-environment in western china-guanzhong using improved entropy weight method

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China’s urbanization is in the last half of rapid urbanization, and the speed has slowed down, but in fact, there is still apparent room for improvement. The urbanization of the economic, the population, the green and the social may have different effects on the ecological environment (EE) through different mechanisms. This paper analyzed the influence mechanism of new-type urbanization (NTU) on the EE quality in Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration (GZPUA) and proposed relevant assumptions. We have established a scientific and complete indicator system for NTU and EE. The improved entropy method was used to evaluate the NTU quality and EE quality based on the long-term series of socio-economic and resource environmental data. To do so, a panel data from 2011 to 2018 were used to verify the assumptions. More significantly, we investigate the influence of economic, population, green and social urbanization on the EE for the whole of GZPUA. In addition, this influence is further examined on the regions of high EE quality and low EE quality, respectively. The research results suggest that the integrative level of the NTU quality of the GZPUA has been improved, and the NTU shows the effect of regional adjoining competition. However, the quality of the EE has decreased slightly in other cities except for a few cities. The EE protection situation of the GZPUA is still severe. The economic, population, green and social urbanization affect the quality of the EE through different mechanisms. The economic urbanization has the greatest positive effect on the quality of EE. In addition, the effect of various urbanization on the EE has regional heterogeneity. It helps us understand the characteristics of each region and make appropriate policy recommendations.

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The authors are grateful to the anonymous referees who provided valuable comments and suggestions to significantly improve the quality of the paper.

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This study is funded by the Shaanxi Provincial Soft Science Innovation Ability Support Foundation’s “Research on Innovation of Poverty Alleviation Mode Assisted by Science and Technology” (No. 2021KMR134); Research Projects on Major Theoretical and Practical Issues in Social Sciences in Shaanxi Province in 2020 “Research on the Path to Realize the Organic Connection between Shaanxi’s Poverty Alleviation and Rural Revitalization” (No. SX—143); Research Projects on Major Theoretical and Practical Issues in Social Sciences in Shaanxi Province in 2020 “Research on the Path Optimization and Countermeasures of New Urbanization Construction in Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province” (No. 20CZ—24); Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Fund Project “Performance Evaluation and Realization Path of Effective Linkage between Shaanxi’s Poverty Alleviation and Rural Revitalization” (2021D044); Xi’an Science and Technology Plan Project “Research on performance evaluation, mechanism innovation and policy improvement of the effective connection between poverty alleviation and rural revitalization in Xi’an” (21RKYJ0001); Funding Project for Fundamental Scientific Research Business Expenses of Xidian University (Special Project for Poverty Alleviation) “Research on the Actual Effect of County Industrial Development in Pucheng County” (No. RW200142).

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Shang, J., Dong, L., Ali, R. et al. The influence mechanism of new-type urbanization on the eco-environment in western china-guanzhong using improved entropy weight method. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 20, 6395–6418 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04381-8

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