The Coupling Relationship Between Economic Poverty Alleviation and Ecological Poverty Alleviation in Concentrated and Contiguous Poverty-stricken Areas: Take Yunnan Province as an Example

Abstract

The coupling and coordinated development of economic poverty alleviation and ecological poverty alleviation is an important strategy for poverty alleviation development in the new era. It is the basis for achieving the goal that all people get rid of poverty in 2020 and entering a well-off society together. Taking concentrated and contiguous poverty-stricken areas in Yunnan Province of China as the target research objective, the Entropy Method is used to evaluate the performance of economic, social, human settlement and ecological poverty alleviation. Then, the coupling harmonious degree model is selected to explore the correlation, consistency and coordination between economic poverty alleviation and ecological poverty alleviation. The results shows that: (1) The overall poverty alleviation performance is at a low-middle level, and the poverty alleviation performance in Tibetan inhabited area is the only one that ranks in the upper middle level, among the four regions of Yunnan. (2) The degree of coupling in Yunnan and the 4 regions is relatively high, basically in a highly coupled stage, but the degree of coupling harmonious is low, especially in the Wumeng Mountainous area. According to the conclusion, it is proposed to promote regional development and the economic and ecological coupling development through the optimization of the utilization and allocation of poverty alleviation resources, the appropriate tilt of poverty alleviation policies to areas with low performance and coupling harmonious, and the enhancement of the value of ecological services in Tibetan inhabited area.