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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (4): 34-47.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2025.00182

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Comprehensive evaluation and driving factors of urban resilience in the Yellow River Basin

Hengji Li1(), Peng Meng1, Zizhen Gong2, Xueyan Zhao3   

  1. 1.Yulong Snow Mountain Cryosphere and Sustainable Development National Field Science Observation and Research Station,Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Lanzhou 730000,China
    2.School of Architecture and Urban Planning,Lanzhou Jiaotong University,Lanzhou 730070,China
    3.College of Geography and Environment Science,Northwest Normal University,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2025-09-18 Revised:2025-11-12 Online:2026-07-20 Published:2026-08-27

Abstract:

As a crucial ecological barrier and economic corridor in China, the Yellow River Basin faces dual challenges of imbalanced “production-living-ecological” spatial configurations and insufficient resilience in its urban development. This study constructs a comprehensive urban resilience evaluation framework for the Yellow River Basin from the production-living-ecological perspective. Utilizing the CRITIC composite index, global spatial autocorrelation, cold/hot spot analysis, and geographical detector, we assess resilience levels, spatial clustering patterns, and driving factors across 73 cities in the basin. The research aims to investigate urban resilience development status, identify key influencing factors, and provide scientific guidance for regional coordinated development, ecological conservation, and disaster prevention to support high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. Key findings include: (1) From 2000 to 2023, urban resilience exhibited fluctuating growth with significant regional disparities, showing an east-high-west-low spatial pattern that diminishes progressively from downstream to upstream regions. Overall resilience remains suboptimal, requiring substantial improvement. (2) Distinct spatial clustering characteristics emerge, with hot spots concentrated in downstream areas and cold spots clustered in upstream regions. (3) Driving factors demonstrate varied impacts, with GDP and foreign direct investment exerting the strongest influence, followed by Science and technology expenditure ratio and Urbanization rate, while Annual precipitation shows minimal impact. Factor interactions reveal either two-factor enhancement or nonlinear enhancement effects, where economic foundation and technological capacity exhibit the strongest interactive effects with other factors, followed by urban scale and spatial carrying capacity.

Key words: production-living-ecological concept, urban resilience, CRITIC composite index, geographical detector, the Yellow River Basin

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