Research on the Path of Ecological Environment Governance under the Background of Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin

Abstract

To clarify the coordination level and constraints of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin and to achieve the modernization of ecological environment governance in the Yellow River Basin, this paper, based on the panel data of nine provinces in the Yellow River Basin, selected 29 evaluation indicators from two dimensions of ecological protection and high-quality development, and objectively weighted the indicators using the entropy method to avoid the deviation caused by subjective weighting. The coupling coordination degree model was adopted to measure the coordinated evolution trend of ecological protection and high-quality development from 2007 to 2021, and to quantify the interactive influence and coordination level between the two systems. The obstacle degree model was introduced to accurately identify the key indicators that constrain the coupling coordination of the two systems, and to anchor the direction for the formulation of governance paths. The research results show that the levels of ecological protection and high-quality development in each province of the Yellow River Basin vary greatly, and only Sichuan is in the state of excellent ecology and high-quality development. During the research period, the coupling coordination degree level increased from 0.20 to 0.40 to 0.77. The per capita water resources volume, the number of domestic invention patents authorized, and the daily urban sewage treatment capacity are the three key obstacle factors. This paper proposes governance paths such as leveraging the coordinating role of the government, promoting the green transformation of the secondary industry, formulating differentiated governance strategies, and playing the leading role of the central city, to provide decision-making references for the coordinated advancement of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.