This paper uses Guangxi as a case study to establish a comprehensive evaluation index system for urbanization and resource and environmental carrying capacity. It analyzes the spatial and temporal disparities in the coordinated development between urbanization levels and resource and environmental carrying capacity in Guangxi from 2008 to 2020, employing the entropy value method and coordination degree model. The results show that the comprehensive urbanization index exhibits a continuous upward trend during the study period. There are two core cities, Liuzhou and Nanning, which display a significant disparity when compared to the surrounding prefectural cities. Meanwhile, the resource and environmental carrying capacity index demonstrates a fluctuating upward trend, creating a spatial pattern of varying development levels, characterized as "one main city and six sub-cities, " resulting in a "concave" spatial distribution pattern. Furthermore, when considering the coordination aspect, the study period has seen an improvement in the coordination between urbanization and resource and environmental carrying capacity, shifting from barely coordinated to primarily coordinated. This shift is spatially represented as a "low-high-low-high" distribution trend from west to east.

Xing Anyu, Chen Tao. Spatial and temporal characteristics of the coordinated development of urbanization and resource and environmental carrying capacity in Guangxi. International Journal of New Developments in Engineering and Society (2023) Vol.7, Issue 7: 40-46. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDES.2023.070706.

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