Dynamic Evolution and Drivers of Modernization of Harmonious Coexistence Between Humans and Nature: A Case Study in Nanping Counties (Cities and Districts)

This study builds an evaluation index system for the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature from 2014 to 2024, including three criteria for ecological environmental protection, green economic transformation, and enhancement of people’s livelihood, to help Nanping City’s sustainable development and build a “Pilot Demonstration Zone for the Modernization of Harmonious Coexistence between Humans and Nature”. Despite the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the study area’s modern development of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature increased from 2014 to 2024, narrowing the development gap between counties. The coupling coordination degree of the criterion layer is “high in the middle, low in the east and west, high in the south and low in the north”. Under the spatial spillover effect, counties with higher development stages radiate driving force on surrounding counties with lower development stages. In 2014, 2019, and 2024, resource agglomeration, social civilization progress, economic development, and government policy regulation drove harmonious coexistence between humans and nature in Nanping City.