Assessment of urban resilience and subsystem coupling coordination in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration

Abstract

Building resilient cities is a novel concept for dealing with risk crises and achieving sustainable urban development in modern times. This paper utilized data from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration (BTHUA) spanning from 2009 to 2019, along with the CRITIC-Entropy weight method, coupling coordination degree (CCD) model and spatial correlation analysis to measure urban resilience and investigate subsystem coupling coordination relationships while considering spatial clustering characteristics. The results indicate that: (1) Spatially, there is a significant gap between the UR index of cities in Hebei Province and that of Beijing-Tianjin, with a “Beijing-Tianjin dual-core driven” trend. Regarding temporal evolution, the growth trend of the UR index is consistent with that of the subsystem resilience index. (2) In general, the CCD of the urban resilience subsystem is slowly trending upwards, with the overall CCD level of BTHUA ranging from primary coordination to moderate coordination. (3) The degree of spatial correlation of subsystem CCD in BTHUA is weak, and more cities exhibit heterogeneous agglomeration. These findings provide valuable inspiration and reference for resilient city construction and coordinated regional development to a certain extent.