Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Vegetation Coverage and Eco-Environmental Quality and Their Coupling Relationship: A Case Study of Southwestern Shandong Province, China

Author:

Ma Dongling1,Wang Qian1,Huang Qingji1,Lin Zhenxin1,Yan Yingwei2ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China

2. Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117568, Singapore

Abstract

Propelled by rapid economic growth, the southwestern Shandong urban agglomeration (SSUA) in China has become a crucial industrial hub, but this process has somewhat hindered vegetation growth and environmental quality. Leveraging the functionalities of the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, we derived the fractional vegetation coverage (FVC) through the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and assessed the eco-environmental quality using the Remote Sensing Ecological Index (RSEI). To examine the patterns and shifts in the SSUA, we employed the Theil–Sen median slope estimation, which provided robust estimates of linear trends, the Mann–Kendall trend test to determine the statistical significance of these trends, and the Hurst exponent analysis to evaluate the long-term persistence and predict future changes in the vegetation coverage and eco-environmental quality. Furthermore, to explore the interdependencies between vegetation coverage (VC) and environmental quality, we applied an improved coupling coordination degree model (ICCDM). This model allowed us to assess the co-evolution and synergy between these two factors over the study period, providing comprehensive insights for sustainable urban and ecological planning in the region. The VC and eco-environmental quality improved consistently across most of the SSUA from 2000 to 2020. The dominance of VC had transitioned from being predominantly characterized by relatively high VC to being mainly characterized by high VC. A substantial portion of the SSUA is predicted to experience improvements in its VC and environmental quality moving forward. Furthermore, the coupling coordination relationship between VC and environmental conditions in the southwest of Shandong Province generally exhibited a state of orderly coordinated development. With the passage of time, there was a clear tendency toward expansion in the coupled uncoordinated areas distributed in a network within each regional economic center. Our research unveils the dynamics and spatial-temporal patterns of VC and ecological quality in the southwestern Shandong urban agglomeration (SSUA) and elucidates the coupling and coordination mechanism between these two aspects, which provides theoretical support for understanding the healthy development of vegetation and ecology in urban agglomerations in an industrial context.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province

Shandong Jianzhu University

Publisher

MDPI AG

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