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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Economics and Management
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1517900

Spatio-temporal Distribution Evolution and Its Influencing Factors of Rural Multi-functional: A Case Study of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt, China

Provisionally accepted
Yu Chen Yu Chen Jun Wang Jun Wang *
  • Jilin Agriculture University, Changchun, China

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    Rural multi-functional (RMF) system is a critical component of urban-rural overall planning and sustainable development. In China, rural areas have special functions that cannot be replaced by cities, such as residential carrying, agricultural and non-agricultural production and ecological conservation. However, few studies have determined the direction of rural development and realized rural regional value from the perspective of RMF. In this study, 30 counties in the Liaoning coastal economic zone were taken as the research area, and the years 2000, 2013 and 2023 were selected as the research time nodes. This study constructed the RMF index system from the living function, production function and ecological function, and systematically analyzed and depicted the spatio-temporal distribution process of rural functions by the methods of trend surface analysis and exploratory spatial data analysis. Geographical detector model was employed to further analyze the influencing factors The results are as follows: (1) Rural regional agglomeration had obvious characteristics which is undergoing a key transformation from slow to radical. In the spatial dimension, it shows the tendency of high coupling multi-core agglomeration and low coupling dispersion. (2) The degree of coupling coordination indicated a shift from reluctant coordination to good coordination, and the gap across counties was narrowing. (3) The dominating determinants had shifted away from natural resources toward socioeconomic and policy environment factors. This will provide a effective reference for investigating the diversification of rural regional space in Liaoning Province, directing the rational use of rural land and accomplishing coordinated development of rural space. Key word: Rural multi-functional (RMF) system; Spatio-temporal distribution; New countryside Effectively identifying spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of RMF is a fundamental basic for optimizing the allocation of rural factors and promoting rural revitalization. 删除[Yu Chen]: Taking 30 counties in the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt as the research object, from 2000 to 2023 as the research time point, t 删除[

    Keywords: Rural multi-functional (RMF) system, Spatio-temporal distribution, new countryside construction, the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt, Influence factor

    Received: 27 Oct 2024; Accepted: 07 Jan 2025.

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    * Correspondence: Jun Wang, Jilin Agriculture University, Changchun, China

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