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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Coupling Coordination Analysis of Cultivated
Land Quality Evolution and High-Standard
Farmland Construction in Arid Oasis Agricultural
Areas: A Case Study of Wensu County, China
1
Urumqi Natural Resources Survey, China Geological Survey, China
2
Field Observation and Research Station of Water Resources and Ecological Effect in Lower Reaches
of Tarim River Basin, China
3
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China
4
College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Submission date: 2025-11-21
Final revision date: 2026-01-30
Acceptance date: 2026-03-15
Online publication date: 2026-07-08
Corresponding author
Jiangtao Jiu
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, Xinjiang, China
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Understanding the synergistic mechanisms between cultivated land quality and high-standard
farmland construction is crucial for sustainable agriculture in arid oasis regions. This study examined
Wensu County, China, integrating multi-source data through the PLUS model, fuzzy comprehensive
evaluation, and coupling coordination analysis. Results demonstrate that cultivated land quality
in 2023 exhibited a mosaic pattern dominated by Grade III land (38.15%), with high-grade land (Grades
Ⅰ-Ⅱ) concentrated in southwestern alluvial-proluvial fans and low-grade land (Grades Ⅳ-Ⅴ) distributed
across southeastern gravelly plains. Projections to 2031 indicate significant quality improvements,
with Grade Ⅱ land area expanding to 385.83 km2 (36.4% increase), while low-grade land decreases to
274.38 km2 (4.88% r eduction). H igh-standard f armland c onstruction s uitability d isplays s outhwest-tosoutheast
gradients, with 68.5% of cultivated land classified as highly suitable (Levels Ⅰ-Ⅲ), primarily
constrained by hydrological conditions and salinization intensity (factor weight: 16.8%). Coupling
coordination degrees exceed 0.5 across 85% of the study area, establishing a west-high, east-low
collaborative pattern. Salinization management and irrigation optimization could enhance coordination
by 15%-20%. This research develops an integrated “evolution-suitability-coupling” framework,
providing quantitative tools for precision farmland management in arid regions and scientific guidance
for similar areas along the Belt and Road Initiative.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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