Research on the Degree of Coupling between the Urban Public Infrastructure System and the Urban Economic, Social, and Environmental System: A Case Study in Beijing, China

ZhiMei Tao

doi:10.1155/2019/8206902

Abstract

The coordinated development of urban public infrastructure system and urban economic, social, and environmental system is an important goal for the integrated management and sustainable development of urban public infrastructure system. This paper constructs a research model of the degree of coupling coordination between urban public infrastructure system and urban economic, social, and environmental system using the analytic network process (ANP), the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), a combination evaluation method based on game theory, and a coupling coordination degree model. Using Beijing data from 2000 to 2016, the degree of coupling coordination between the Beijing urban public infrastructure system and the urban economic, social, and environmental system is empirically analyzed. This study finds that (1) the supply level of Beijing’s urban public infrastructure system has an obvious impact on the degree of coupling coordination between the two systems. (2) The global financial crisis reduced the supply speed of the urban public infrastructure system in Beijing, and put the dynamic coupling state of the two systems in the low-level symbiosis stage. Beijing needs to improve the supply of urban public infrastructure to support the development of the urban economic, social, and environmental system. (3) Improving the supply level of the urban environmental infrastructure in Beijing, especially improving sewage disposal capacity and increasing the number of special vehicles for urban sanitation and the amount of domestic waste clearance, will positively affect the degree of coupling coordination between two systems. (4) An increase in the GDP of Beijing has a direct positive impact on the degree of coupling coordination. In addition, the increase in the social development level of the employees in three industries in Beijing has a significant impact on the degree of coupling coordination.

Highlights

An infrastructure system consisting of subsystems such as energy, transportation, water resources, postal service and telecommunication, and environmental facilities is an important basis for economic productivity and population welfare [1]
This paper provides a theoretical basis and discusses methods for ensuring the long-term and sustainable supply management of urban public infrastructure systems. e research design used in this paper is shown in Figure 2. e second part describes the research model used in this study, which involves analytic hierarchy process (AHP), analytic network process (ANP), the entropy method, a combination weight method based game theory, a coupling coordination degree model, and a dynamic coupling coordination degree model. e research model is used to evaluate the coordination of the urban public infrastructure system and the urban economic, social, and environmental system. e last part of this paper describes the empirical analysis of data on Beijing from 2000 to 2016 using the research model
Taking Beijing as an example, this paper empirically studies the degree of coupling coordination between two system using data from 2000 to 2016. is study finds the following: (1) From 2000 to 2016, the comprehensive evaluation value of Beijing’s urban public infrastructure system and the urban economic, social, and environmental system gradually increased, and the two values are relatively close

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Introduction

An infrastructure system consisting of subsystems such as energy, transportation, water resources, postal service and telecommunication, and environmental facilities is an important basis for economic productivity and population welfare [1]. Due to a wide range of economic, social, technological, and other factors, the demand for urban infrastructure is gradually increasing, and many investments have been made to meet the needs of urban public infrastructure. Since 1981, China’s fixed asset investment in urban public infrastructure has continued to increase, and its supply and service levels have continued to improve over the long term [2]. The supply level of urban infrastructure still fails to meet social demand in China. Improving the supply efficiency of urban infrastructure systems is an important problem for urban managers

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