Coordinated development of resource-environment-economy system in the industrialization of desertification control technology: A case study of Alxa League of Inner Mongolia

Desertification control is extremely important for the construction of an ecologically stable civilization in China. The industrialization of desertification control technologies consolidates the achievements of desertification control, which is a complex process involving resource, environmental and economic systems. The coordinated development of these three systems has attracted much attention. In the current study, a coordinated development index system was first constructed based on the integrated framework model of pressure – state – response and resource – environment – economy. Then, taking Alxa League of Inner Mongolia as an example, a coordination degree evaluation model was constructed by using principal component analysis and membership function. Finally, the comprehensive development levels of resource, environmental and economy systems (REE) and the coordination degree among systems in the industrialization of desertification control technology in this region from 2010 to 2016 were quantified. The results showed that the economic system and resource system had differing levels of development and the environmental system was relatively underdeveloped. The degree of coordination in the REE system was low but with an overall rising trend. Measurements taken from two aspects of development and coordinated sustainability would facilitate improvements to the coordinated development level of the REE system and promote the industrialization of desertification control technology.