Systematic analysis and evaluation on urban-rural coordinated development with the case of Jiangsu province

From the perspective of complex system, urban-rural coordinated development can be seen as a complex system composed of economic, society, population, space, resources and environment. Based on the analysis of the system, referencing the analysis approach of system coordination degree model, the evaluation model for regional urban-rural coordinated development is formulated. For illustrative purpose, an empirical analysis on the coordinated development evaluation of Jiangsu in 2002-2011 is given to verify the applicability of the model. The empirical research testifies that the system evaluation model and the corresponding calculating method can express quantitatively the status of coordinating development of regional urban-rural system with more insights, for providing rational analysis perspective and scientific suggestions for correlative decision-making