JournalofAgriculturalResourcesandEnvironment农业资源与环境学报2023,40(5):1146-1155http://www.aed.org.cnCouplingcoordinationresearchonagriculturalmodernizationandruraltourismintheBeijing-Tianjin-HebeiurbanagglomerationZHANLiuyang,ZHUQingyao(SchoolofBusiness,TianjinUniversityofFinanceandEconomics,Tianjin300222,China)Abstract:ThisstudyaimedtoexplorethecoordinatedandadaptativerelationshipbetweenagriculturalmodernizationandruraltourismwithintheBeijing-Tianjin-Hebeiurbanagglomeration,topromotecoordinateddevelopmentandenhancedevelopmentsustainabilityintheregion.Weestablishedanindexsystemforevaluatingthreeaspectsofagriculturalmodernizationandruraltourism(economy,ecology,andsociety),basedonacomprehensiveevaluationmethod,anentropyvaluemethod,andacouplingcoordinationdegreemodel.Wethenanalyzedthetemporalandspatialvariationofthecouplingandcoordinationrelationshipsbetweenagriculturalmodernizationandruraltourismin13citiesintheBeijing-Tianjin-Hebeiurbanagglomerationfrom2010to2019.During2010—2019,overall,agriculturalmodernizationshowedafluctuatingupwardtrend,with27%increase.Rural-tourismshowedarobustandcontinuousupwardtrend,with134%increase.Thecomprehensivelevelincreaseofruraltourismwasgreaterthanagriculturalmodernization.Moreover,agriculturalmodernizationandruraltourismhaveastrongcouplinginteraction.Thecouplingdegreehasrisenfromtherunning-intobenign-couplingstage,andthecouplingcoordinationdegreehassteadilyimprovedtobeingmildlycoordinatedfromthevergeofmaladjustment.Spatialdistributioncharacteristicshaveconsistentlybeenlowinthenorthandhighinthesouth.ApparentshortcomingshavebeenobservedinthedevelopmentofruraltourismintheBeijing-Tianjin-Hebeiregionfrom2010to2019.Intermsofoverallperformance,ruraltourismlaggedbehindagriculturalmodernization;however,thegapisnarrowing.Basedontheresults,countermeasuresandsuggestionsareprovidedtoimprovethecouplingandcoordinateddevelopmentofagriculturalmodernizationandruraltourism.Keywords:agriculturalmodernization;ruraltourism;couplingcoordinatio...