TY - JOUR A1 - Sun, Lingxiao A1 - Yu, Xiang A1 - Li, Boshan A1 - Zhang, Haiyan A1 - Sha, Dong A1 - Wang, Yao A1 - Lei, Jiaqiang A1 - Yu, Yang A1 - Welp, Martin A1 - Yu, Ruide T1 - Coupling analysis of the major impact on sustainable development of the typical arid region of Turpan in Northwest China JF - Regional Sustainability N2 - Analyzing the sustainable development of a given region can provide an important reference and guide for future orientation. The study selects Turpan (including Gaochang District, Shanshan County, and Toksun County) in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Northwest China as the study area and first investigates the essence of regional sustainable development. Based on the relevant data of the population, economy, and environment of Turpan from 2002 to 2018, we constructed an evaluation index system for three dimensions, namely, the population, economy, and environment, and analyzed them systematically. Specifically, we quantitatively calculated the comprehensive evaluation index, coupling degree, and coupling coordination degree of the sustainable development system of the study area. The study finds that Turpan has on some dimensions become increasingly sustainable, especially the economic development level has improved. The results show that the coupling coordination degree has increased from 0.3692 to 0.8894 during the period 2002–2018, which reflects the actual situation of Turpan and indicates that the proposed analysis method can effectively measure and evaluate the level of sustainable development in this region. Moreover, the study also puts forward main functional zoning of Turpan (i.e., Gaochang District as an optimized development zone, Shanshan County as a major agricultural production zone, and Toksun County as a key ecological function zone) and regional planning principles based on the population, economic, and environmental coupling analysis for the three jurisdictions in Turpan. KW - Sustainable development KW - Coupling analysis KW - Coupling coordination degree KW - Comprehensive evaluation index KW - Turpan Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-5420 SN - 2666-660X VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 48 EP - 58 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yu, Yang A1 - Chen, Xi A1 - Disse, Markus A1 - Cyffka, Bernd A1 - Lei, Jiaqiang A1 - Zhang, Haiyan A1 - Brieden, Andreas A1 - Welp, Martin A1 - Abuduwaili, Jilili A1 - Li, Yaoming A1 - Zeng, Fanjiang A1 - Gui, Dongwei A1 - Thevs, Niels A1 - Ta, Zhijie A1 - Gao, Xin A1 - Pi, Yuanyue A1 - Yu, Xiang A1 - Sun, Lingxiao A1 - Yu, Ruide T1 - Climate change in Central Asia: Sino-German cooperative research findings JF - Science Bulletin Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-5419 SN - 2095-9273 VL - 65 IS - 9 SP - 689 EP - 692 PB - Elsevier ER -