Maturity evaluation of the logistics industry green development in the Yellow River Basin

ZHOU Huihui; CHEN Jianling

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1672-0032.2025.06.002

Abstract：To evaluate the green development level of the logistics industry in the Yellow River Basin,maturity theory is adopted to assess maturity from three dimensions:development degree,coordination degree,and coordinated development degree;with maturity as the target layer and the economic-environmental foundation,logistics supply capacity,environmental friendliness,and technological innovation capability as the criterion layer,22 specific indicators are selected to construct an evaluation index system for the green development of the logistics industry;indicator weights are determined by combining the global entropy method and the order relation analysis method(G1 method),and the development degree,coordination degree,and coordinated development degree of the nine provinces and autonomous regions in the Yellow River Basin from 2013 to 2022 are calculated using the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution(TOPSIS)and a grey relational degree improved distance coordination degree model.The results show that from 2013 to 2022,the development degrees of the four subsystems,namely the economic-environmental foundation,logistics supply capacity,environmental friendliness,and technological innovation capability,generally increase,but technological innovation capability increases slowly,constraining the in-depth development of green logistics;the development degree,coordination degree,and coordinated development degree of the provinces and regions in the Yellow River Basin all show growth to varying extents,with growth trends in descending order of development degree,coordinated development degree,and coordination degree;Sichuan,Inner Mongolia,Shaanxi,Henan,and Shandong exhibit significant increases in development degree,while the increases in the other provinces and regions are relatively small;the coordination degree is overall at a relatively high level,but interprovincial differences are evident;the coordinated development degree presents a stepped distribution pattern of high in the downstream,flat in the midstream,and low in the upstream;in most provinces,the coordination degree is higher than the development degree,reflecting a structural mismatch between the coordination level and the development level.Green and coordinated development of the logistics industry in the Yellow River Basin can be achieved by strengthening technological innovation and financial support in the middle and upper reaches,enhancing regional policy coordination and resource integration,promoting infrastructure interconnection and regional collaboration,and establishing carbon footprint evaluation and carbon trading guidance mechanisms.