Pub Date : 2025-11-10DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103836
Xuanxian Chen , Massoomeh Hedayati Marzbali , Aldrin Abdullah
Despite growing recognition of the health benefits provided by urban parks, limited research has explored the role of perceived safety regarding COVID-19 (PS19) within the framework of cultural ecosystem services, particularly for young office workers with low place attachment (PA) who face pandemic-related health challenges. This paper aims to examine the relationships amongst landscape attributes, leisure visitation, PS19, and self-rated health, and the moderating effects of PA and the influence of urban parks across different parental statuses. Data were collected from 411 office workers who visited two urban parks in Baise City, China. Two structural equation models were employed to analyse the interactions amongst the variables. Findings reveal that PS19 enhances the relationship between landscape attributes and leisure visitation with self-rated health. Additionally, PA amplifies the health benefits derived from landscape attributes, including PS19. Notably, landscape attributes and PS19 display a weak negative correlation amongst participants with low PA. This study underscores the variability in urban park benefits across different settings and parental statuses, and contributes to a deeper understanding of the interplay among PA, ecosystem services, attention restoration, and ecological perception theories, whilst supporting Sustainable Development Goal 11.
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The spatial agglomeration and diffusion of the Information and communication technology industry significantly shape industrial landscapes and transformation in cities of developing countries. However, micro-scale analyses of this process remain limited. This study employs kernel density estimation, nearest neighbor index, standard deviational ellipse analysis, and conditional logit regression to examine the spatial evolution of Guangzhou's esports firms and the location-choice factors of new firms from 2003 to 2023. The findings reveal that: (i) The esports industry underwent a dynamic process of “agglomeration—diffusion—reagglomeration” process, resulting in a dual-core spatial structure comprising a central business district and government-led suburban hubs; (ii) Agglomeration economies, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and locational attributes are key determinants of firm location, though the dominant factors varied across different periods. These findings challenge the traditional core-periphery model by highlighting the role of suburban digital infrastructure and government intervention in shaping digital clusters at the street level. For policymakers, this suggests that fostering esports development can be achieved by building innovation hubs and concentrating resources for targeted support, thereby enhancing spatial agglomeration effects under conducive market conditions.
{"title":"The spatial evolution of E - sports firms and the location choice of new firms: A case study of Guangzhou, China","authors":"Guoshen Huang , Han Chu , Yifei Ouyang , Dixiang Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103832","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103832","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The spatial agglomeration and diffusion of the Information and communication technology industry significantly shape industrial landscapes and transformation in cities of developing countries. However, micro-scale analyses of this process remain limited. This study employs kernel density estimation, nearest neighbor index, standard deviational ellipse analysis, and conditional logit regression to examine the spatial evolution of Guangzhou's esports firms and the location-choice factors of new firms from 2003 to 2023. The findings reveal that: (i) The esports industry underwent a dynamic process of “agglomeration—diffusion—reagglomeration” process, resulting in a dual-core spatial structure comprising a central business district and government-led suburban hubs; (ii) Agglomeration economies, innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and locational attributes are key determinants of firm location, though the dominant factors varied across different periods. These findings challenge the traditional core-periphery model by highlighting the role of suburban digital infrastructure and government intervention in shaping digital clusters at the street level. For policymakers, this suggests that fostering esports development can be achieved by building innovation hubs and concentrating resources for targeted support, thereby enhancing spatial agglomeration effects under conducive market conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103832"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103826
Xiaolin Yang , Xiao Lin , Haochen Shi
Exploring seasonal park visitation among elders is crucial for creating aging-friendly park environments and enhancing both their physical and mental well-being. However, existing studies often focus solely on visitation volume, overlooking the spatial dimension provided by travel distance. Moreover, the seasonal dynamics between the built environment and park use by elders remain underexplored. This study introduces an Irreplaceability Index (I-index) that integrates visitation volume and travel distance to better capture the unique value of urban parks. Using the Guangzhou downtown area as a case study, we examine how the relationship between park visitation and built environment features varies across seasons. The results indicate that, compared to winter, elders exhibit significantly shorter travel distances and higher park visitation in summer. Built environment factors, such as building density and public service facility density, consistently affect visitation, while variables like subway station and average green patch area show seasonal variations in their influence. These findings provide practical guidance for improving park accessibility, optimizing infrastructure distribution, and planning service areas, informing more effective strategies for urban environmental management and the design of age-friendly public spaces.
{"title":"Exploring associations between the elders' seasonal park visitation and the built environment through the lens of urban location's irreplaceability","authors":"Xiaolin Yang , Xiao Lin , Haochen Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103826","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103826","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exploring seasonal park visitation among elders is crucial for creating aging-friendly park environments and enhancing both their physical and mental well-being. However, existing studies often focus solely on visitation volume, overlooking the spatial dimension provided by travel distance. Moreover, the seasonal dynamics between the built environment and park use by elders remain underexplored. This study introduces an Irreplaceability Index (I-index) that integrates visitation volume and travel distance to better capture the unique value of urban parks. Using the Guangzhou downtown area as a case study, we examine how the relationship between park visitation and built environment features varies across seasons. The results indicate that, compared to winter, elders exhibit significantly shorter travel distances and higher park visitation in summer. Built environment factors, such as building density and public service facility density, consistently affect visitation, while variables like subway station and average green patch area show seasonal variations in their influence. These findings provide practical guidance for improving park accessibility, optimizing infrastructure distribution, and planning service areas, informing more effective strategies for urban environmental management and the design of age-friendly public spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103826"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-03DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103838
Qianliang Jiang , Liang Ma , Mengmeng Zhang
Improvements in various life domains can increase overall life satisfaction. However, owing to resource constraints, commuters often face trade-offs among job satisfaction, community satisfaction, and commute satisfaction. Understanding how individuals navigate these trade-offs—and whether their decisions are voluntary or constrained—can offer nuanced insights for policy intervention. Drawing on survey data from 3259 commuters in Beijing, this study identifies and profiles distinct commuter groups based on their satisfaction levels across the three domains and examines the voluntariness of their trade-off decisions. The analysis reveals four groups with distinct socioeconomic characteristics: struggling commuters (low satisfaction with all domains, 21.8 %), work-oriented commuters (high satisfaction with their commute and job, 13.6 %), place-seekers (high satisfaction with their community, 19.9 %), and well-balanced commuters (high satisfaction with all domains, 44.6 %). These groups also display differing preferences, with some placing little emphasis on specific domains. Notably, struggling commuters appear to be involuntarily constrained, particularly in terms of commuting burdens, whereas the other groups demonstrate more voluntary trade-offs. These findings highlight the importance of targeted policies to support struggling commuters, who may be most in need of intervention.
{"title":"From struggling to well-balanced: Understanding the spectrum of commuter satisfaction","authors":"Qianliang Jiang , Liang Ma , Mengmeng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103838","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103838","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Improvements in various life domains can increase overall life satisfaction. However, owing to resource constraints, commuters often face trade-offs among job satisfaction, community satisfaction, and commute satisfaction. Understanding how individuals navigate these trade-offs—and whether their decisions are voluntary or constrained—can offer nuanced insights for policy intervention. Drawing on survey data from 3259 commuters in Beijing, this study identifies and profiles distinct commuter groups based on their satisfaction levels across the three domains and examines the voluntariness of their trade-off decisions. The analysis reveals four groups with distinct socioeconomic characteristics: struggling commuters (low satisfaction with all domains, 21.8 %), work-oriented commuters (high satisfaction with their commute and job, 13.6 %), place-seekers (high satisfaction with their community, 19.9 %), and well-balanced commuters (high satisfaction with all domains, 44.6 %). These groups also display differing preferences, with some placing little emphasis on specific domains. Notably, struggling commuters appear to be involuntarily constrained, particularly in terms of commuting burdens, whereas the other groups demonstrate more voluntary trade-offs. These findings highlight the importance of targeted policies to support struggling commuters, who may be most in need of intervention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103838"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145466814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-11-02DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103837
Yibo Wang, Yan Liu, Jonathan Corcoran, Scott N. Lieske
Understanding carbon generation from Individual Travel Activities (ITAs) requires moving beyond aggregate household or per-capita measures to examine frequency distributions across diverse set of trip characteristics. Yet, current research lacks a well-established empirical framework operating at a disaggregated level to profile the relationship between ITAs and carbon generation. Drawing on household travel survey data for South East Queensland, Australia, this study details a frequency-distribution modelling approach that employs the Lévy distribution to characterise how carbon generation varies across ITAs. The method enhances existing carbon estimation practices beyond traditional mean-based or aggregate approaches. A seven-parameter framework derived from normal-Lévy distribution coefficients captures the relationship between travel frequency and carbon generation, enabling systematic comparison across travel modes, purposes, and household locations. The model empirically derives carbon generation thresholds (2.88 kg CO2 per trip) to distinguish between intra-urban and inter-city trips, replacing administratively-defined boundaries with a data-driven spatial delineation alternative. Results reveal that while 83.5 % of trips generate relatively low carbon emission (no more than 2.88 kg per trip), these frequent, low intensity intra-urban activities constitute the majority of total carbon generation, challenging the typical conventional focus on high-emission trip reduction. This frequency-distribution approach provides urban planners and policymakers with an empirical framework for quantifying carbon impacts at the ITA level through which tailored interventions can be designed to encourage a shift to lower-carbon alternatives.
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Pub Date : 2025-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103833
Mingtao Yan , Mingyue Yan , Jianji Zhao
The critical role of manufacturing agglomeration (MA) in promoting high-quality economic development (HED) is widely recognized in both academic and policy discourse. However, the nonlinear effects and spatial spillover mechanisms by which MA affects HED have not been sufficiently addressed in the existing literature. Using panel data from 287 prefecture-level and above cities in China from 2011 to 2023, this study adopts spatiotemporal analysis to trace the evolution of MA and HED, and employs fixed-effects models, mediation analysis, and spatial Durbin models to examine the multidimensional mechanisms linking the two. The results reveal steady improvements in both MA and HED, marked by an east–west gradient and a spatial transition from initial concentration to a more balanced and polycentric structure. A significant U-shaped relationship is identified, indicating that MA initially suppresses but later promotes HED as agglomeration intensity increases. Furthermore, MA indirectly facilitates HED by enhancing urban logistics development, which improves factor allocation and industrial connectivity. Spatial analysis confirms a U-shaped spillover effect on neighboring cities—initially driven by negative externalities such as resource competition and siphoning effects, and subsequently transformed into positive interactions through coordinated specialization and knowledge diffusion. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of MA varies significantly across regions, city tiers, resource endowments, urban agglomeration status, and industry types. This study not only deepens the theoretical understanding of the nexus between MA and HED but also offers valuable insights for other countries seeking to optimize industrial spatial layouts and foster coordinated regional development.
{"title":"Manufacturing agglomeration and high-quality economic development: Unveiling nonlinear dynamics and spatial spillovers in China","authors":"Mingtao Yan , Mingyue Yan , Jianji Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103833","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103833","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The critical role of manufacturing agglomeration (MA) in promoting high-quality economic development (HED) is widely recognized in both academic and policy discourse. However, the nonlinear effects and spatial spillover mechanisms by which MA affects HED have not been sufficiently addressed in the existing literature. Using panel data from 287 prefecture-level and above cities in China from 2011 to 2023, this study adopts spatiotemporal analysis to trace the evolution of MA and HED, and employs fixed-effects models, mediation analysis, and spatial Durbin models to examine the multidimensional mechanisms linking the two. The results reveal steady improvements in both MA and HED, marked by an east–west gradient and a spatial transition from initial concentration to a more balanced and polycentric structure. A significant U-shaped relationship is identified, indicating that MA initially suppresses but later promotes HED as agglomeration intensity increases. Furthermore, MA indirectly facilitates HED by enhancing urban logistics development, which improves factor allocation and industrial connectivity. Spatial analysis confirms a U-shaped spillover effect on neighboring cities—initially driven by negative externalities such as resource competition and siphoning effects, and subsequently transformed into positive interactions through coordinated specialization and knowledge diffusion. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of MA varies significantly across regions, city tiers, resource endowments, urban agglomeration status, and industry types. This study not only deepens the theoretical understanding of the nexus between MA and HED but also offers valuable insights for other countries seeking to optimize industrial spatial layouts and foster coordinated regional development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103833"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145419312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103834
Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin, Ana Gil Solá
{"title":"The new geography of hybrid work: Do we live more locally when work moves home?","authors":"Bertil Vilhelmson, Eva Thulin, Ana Gil Solá","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103834","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103834"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145419170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103829
Weijuan Zhao , Jing Li , Boyan Li , Yida Wang , Zixiang Zhou , Yi Su , Jiaxin Ren
Ecological compensation in river basins serves as an important means to mitigate the deterioration of water quality and safeguard ecological flows, playing a crucial role in integrated basin management. Taking the Wuding River Basin as the study area, this research, from the perspective of an internal symbiotic system, constructs an integrated management framework encompassing both water quantity and water quality compensation. Shadow project method and game theory are employed to determine compensation standards and compensation models, thereby exploring pathways for integrated basin governance. The results show that Yuyang District bears 35 % of the economic responsibility for water quantity compensation expenditures. In terms of water quality compensation, both pollution control efforts and regional economic benefits under the ecological compensation scenario are significantly higher than those under the no-compensation scenario. Moreover, central intervention is not always the optimal strategy; when , the master-slave game cooperation model proves more effective in maximizing overall benefits. A cooperative relationship based on dual ecological compensation provides an effective solution for promoting the high-quality development of the entire basin. These findings provide scientific reference for the formulation of ecological compensation policies and integrated water resources management.
{"title":"Integrated watershed management under dual ecological compensation for water quantity and water quality","authors":"Weijuan Zhao , Jing Li , Boyan Li , Yida Wang , Zixiang Zhou , Yi Su , Jiaxin Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103829","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103829","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ecological compensation in river basins serves as an important means to mitigate the deterioration of water quality and safeguard ecological flows, playing a crucial role in integrated basin management. Taking the Wuding River Basin as the study area, this research, from the perspective of an internal symbiotic system, constructs an integrated management framework encompassing both water quantity and water quality compensation. Shadow project method and game theory are employed to determine compensation standards and compensation models, thereby exploring pathways for integrated basin governance. The results show that Yuyang District bears 35 % of the economic responsibility for water quantity compensation expenditures. In terms of water quality compensation, both pollution control efforts and regional economic benefits under the ecological compensation scenario are significantly higher than those under the no-compensation scenario. Moreover, central intervention is not always the optimal strategy; when <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>γ</mi><mrow><mi>d</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>w</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>></mo><mn>3</mn><msub><mi>γ</mi><mrow><mi>u</mi><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span>, the master-slave game cooperation model proves more effective in maximizing overall benefits. A cooperative relationship based on dual ecological compensation provides an effective solution for promoting the high-quality development of the entire basin. These findings provide scientific reference for the formulation of ecological compensation policies and integrated water resources management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103829"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145419169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103835
Yuling Yang , Mingzhi Zhou , Jiangping Zhou
Accessibility, as a manifestation of the right to the city, plays a pivotal role in assessing social equity and spatial justice. Accurate accessibility measurements are critical for guiding equitable urban planning. Conventional accessibility metrics focus on physical environmental characteristics, while recent advancements increasingly incorporate perceptions of the built environment. However, existing advancements mainly adopt an outcome-based approach, neglecting the underlying mechanism through which physical environmental characteristics translate into perceptions. Decoding this perceptual process is vital for refining accessibility measurements and achieving more comprehensive, accurate results. This study re-understands accessibility by proposing a conceptual framework incorporating perception mechanisms rooted in cognitive process theories. The framework delineates how individuals gather spatial information to identify opportunities at origins, destinations, and during travel, which are then filtered through constraints, attitudes, and habits. We empirically validate this framework using social sensing data to evaluate restaurant accessibility in Shenzhen, China. Our case study reveals that conventional accessibility metrics tend to overestimate individuals' access to potential opportunities. The proposed framework is quantifiable, interpretable, and scalable across diverse contexts. By bridging the gap between the physical environment and perceptual outcomes, it advances a new understanding of accessibility that integrates perception into measurement, offering valuable insights for equitable planning and policy-making.
{"title":"Re-understanding accessibility through a cognitive process: a conceptual framework and quantification","authors":"Yuling Yang , Mingzhi Zhou , Jiangping Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103835","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103835","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accessibility, as a manifestation of the right to the city, plays a pivotal role in assessing social equity and spatial justice. Accurate accessibility measurements are critical for guiding equitable urban planning. Conventional accessibility metrics focus on physical environmental characteristics, while recent advancements increasingly incorporate perceptions of the built environment. However, existing advancements mainly adopt an outcome-based approach, neglecting the underlying mechanism through which physical environmental characteristics translate into perceptions. Decoding this perceptual process is vital for refining accessibility measurements and achieving more comprehensive, accurate results. This study re-understands accessibility by proposing a conceptual framework incorporating perception mechanisms rooted in cognitive process theories. The framework delineates how individuals gather spatial information to identify opportunities at origins, destinations, and during travel, which are then filtered through constraints, attitudes, and habits. We empirically validate this framework using social sensing data to evaluate restaurant accessibility in Shenzhen, China. Our case study reveals that conventional accessibility metrics tend to overestimate individuals' access to potential opportunities. The proposed framework is quantifiable, interpretable, and scalable across diverse contexts. By bridging the gap between the physical environment and perceptual outcomes, it advances a new understanding of accessibility that integrates perception into measurement, offering valuable insights for equitable planning and policy-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 103835"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145419309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-10-30DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103830
Yizhong Huan , Xiaoyun Li , Pengfei Li , Xin Li , Yang Lan , Linjiang Ji , Yifei Lei , Yiming Su , Mingyuan Wang , Siyuan Tao , Xinming Xia , Riqi Zhang , Lingqing Wang , Tao Liang , Guangjin Zhou
Understanding the varying degrees of synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the influential goals within these interactions, is crucial for identifying transformative governance actions. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of SDG interactions and priorities remain unclear. Here, we analyzed global and regional variations in SDG interactions, synergistic performance, and key contributing goals from 2000 to 2022 using network methodology, index analysis, and machine learning. Europe exhibited high SDG synergies, low synergy-network modularity, and strong synergistic performance, while Western Asia showed the opposite pattern. Despite overall improvement in SDG synergy proportions and synergistic performance, global progress was constrained by declining synergies related to SDG 5 (gender equality) and increasing fragmentation of the SDG synergy network. We also observed substantial spatio-temporal changes in the impact of each SDG within the interaction network and in its contribution to overall synergistic performance. Furthermore, we applied an ensemble random forest model to assess SDG mentions and co-occurrences in 1944 SDG interaction studies. SDGs 13 (climate action) and 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure) emerged as the most and least frequently discussed goals, respectively. Interactions among seven SDGs (2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15) formed a typical SDG nexus, reflecting a critical human-nature relationship chain. Overall, to advance global SDG attainment, we emphasize the importance of accelerating progress on SDG 3 (good health and well-being). Our study enhances understanding of global development patterns and priorities and supports efforts to rescue the 2030 Agenda.
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