Spatiotemporal variation in the interactions between rural tourism and rural settlements in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, China.

ABSTRACT: Rural revitalization requires the coordinated development of rural tourism (RT) and rural environments for human settlements. The Chinese provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi face significant interregional differences as they seek to improve their rural human settlements. This study constructed an index system to evaluate the relationship between RT and rural settlements using the entropy method. The level of coordination between RT and the development of rural settlements in the two provinces during the period 2013-2022 was then analyzed based on the extent of their interaction (i.e., their coupling coordination degree). Key drivers of this coordination were identified using the geographic detector method. The results indicated that the coordination between RT and rural settlements has general

SUBMITTER: Geng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12002545 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature