Ecological Products Value Realization in Natural Resources: Theory and Practice
LI Ying-ying, CHEN Cheng, CAO Hui, GAO Jin-long, CHEN Jiang-long
Research on the commodification of ecological products has important implications for guiding the ecological transformation of current economic and social development. In this paper, we take the Yangtze River Delta as a case study and employ data related to agro-product geographical indication, point of interest (POI) and enterprises in 2022. With the help of ArcGIS and SPSS Software, we explore the spatial pattern and determinants of rural ecological products commodification in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). In the first place, we use the method of Kernel Density Analysis to explore the spatial pattern of rural ecological products commodification in the study area. In the second place, based on economic demand and supply, we take the natural resource endowment and market economic conditions as the factor layer to construct a determinants index system to explain the commodification pattern. In the third place, we compare the GWR model with the traditional OLS model to further investigate the determinants of the commodification pattern in the YRD. Based on the analysis, the primary conclusions can be summarized as follows. (1) The commodification pattern exhibited agglomeration characteristics in Southern Jiangsu and Northern Zhejiang. Up to now, three high-density areas have been formed: Huzhou-Hangzhou, the coast of Lake Taihu, and Hefei city. In addition, sub-high-density areas have been formed in the suburbs of many large cities. (2) The market economy is the main factor affecting the formation of commodification pattern, in which regional traffic conditions, per capita disposable income of urban residents, and industrial base of service industry have significant positive effects. (3) In the model selection, we compare the GWR model with the traditional OLS model. The result shows that GWR is better, indicating that the impact of the indicators varies across space. In coastal areas, the commodification pattern is greatly affected by the regional traffic conditions. In areas with a higher level of economic development, the positive impact of the per capita disposable income index of urban residents is more significant. In areas with a developed service industry, the positive effect of the service industry base is more significant, while the negative impact brought by long-term agricultural production is weaker.