As new urbanization rapidly advances, a variety of urban issues
begin to emerge, which makes urbanization quality a key point for regional
development, marked by a coordination among basic public services, population
urbanization and eco-environment. This paper, based on a case study in Hexi
area, Gansu province, uses entropy, coupling coordination model to measure
comprehensive developing level and coordination of basic public services,
population urbanization and eco-environment from 2011 to 2021, and applies
obstacle model to study the factors impacting their coupling coordination in
Hexi area. Hexi’s sub-systems show a rising trend, and vary with areas.
Population urbanization is the fastest and the basic public service is the
lowest in increment. Coupling degree of Hexi’s ternary system is larger than
0.900, suggesting a strong interaction and a slowly-rising coupling
coordination from low level to medium level. Spatially, coupling coordination
from high to low is in the order of Jiayuguan, Jinchang, Zhangye, Jiuquan and
Wuwei. In the dual system, coordination is the highest in basic public service-eco-environment
which promotes a regional development, lowest in basic public service-population
urbanization against a regional development. Obstacle factors of ternary system
coordination in Hexi’s five cities vary; the top three are social security and
employment, urban infrastructure and health care within the basic public
services. The ternary system coordination among basic public services,
population urbanization and eco-environment promotes Hexi’s regional economy,
but the three are still constraints. This paper presents suggestions on
optimizing cities’ positioning, fulfilling resources advantages, boosting
infrastructure, intensifying agriculture, developing featured industries and
green industries to promote a quality coordinated development in Hexi area.