The ocean is a strategic place for high-quality development, and technology transfer is an important way to promote regional marine technology progress. Based on the perspective of patent transfer, this paper uses the data of national marine invention patent transfer in 2011, 2016 and 2021 to describe the spatial evolution law of national marine technology flow, and discusses its driving mechanism based on multidimensional proximity theory. The study finds that: 1) The scale of marine patents and the total amount of technology flow links have increased significantly. Enterprises have always been the main suppliers and consumers of marine technology. 2) The spatial gradient diffusion of inter-city technology flow from "dual-core drive" (Beijing, Shanghai) to "multi-core resonance" (Tianjin, Qingdao, Suzhou, Nanjing and other regional core cities) has changed into a national cross-level jump-type technology diffusion. 3) The multi-dimensional proximity analysis shows that the geographical distance has significantly reduced the hindrance effect on marine technology transactions.

Grounded in Lefebvre's theory of spatial production and drawing on new materialism and assemblage theory, this study adopts a qualitative approach to examine the production of everyday labor space of traditional marine aquaculture fishermen on Guanglu Island, Changhai County, Dalian. Viewing space as the outcome of continuous interactions between human and nonhuman elements, the research reveals how natural forces, cultured organisms, labor tools, and temporary workers collectively construct and constantly reshape the fishermen's working space. Methodologically, this study combines field observation with semistructured interviews. The findings indicate that fishermen's labor space manifests in three interrelated dimensions. First, the physical space exhibits dynamic assemblage characteristics. Fishermen's work extends across the sea-land boundary, where diverse elements—humans, tools, cultured species, and natural environments—interact to form flexible, adaptive, and constantly changing spatial configurations. Second, the relational space embodies multiple tensions. The rigid demands of the marine environment and cultured species impose structural constraints, while the intervention of market and technological forces further intensifies these pressures. Within this unequal framework, fishermen rely on limited agency to negotiate contradictions and maintain production. Third, the subjective space reflects both physical and psychological predicaments. Longterm exposure to harsh environments leads to chronic pain and physical exhaustion, while repetitive work and economic uncertainty give rise to emotional numbness and a sense of helplessness.

The relationship between humans and the sea is an important component of the overall human-land relationship. However, the fundamental theoretical research on the sea in the process of human-sea interaction is relatively scarce. However, with the passage of time and the modernization of the market, the conflict between humans and the sea has gradually become more prominent. In 2016, it was fully intensified due to the illegal collection of conch shells. Subsequently, the state has implemented a series of top-down coral reef protection measures, but the results seem to be unsatisfactory. Therefore, this paper takes the protection of coral reefs in the South China Sea as a case study. Based on the deconstruction of Western marine ontology research, it constructs an analytical framework of "agency-fluidity-connectivity" to analyze the problems and internal mechanisms existing in the process of ecological protection. The research findings of this paper are as follows: 1) The agency of the ocean has different influences on the thinking and connection methods of the "nature-society" interaction. 2) The fluidity of the ocean is spatially misaligned with the ecological governance model based on the logic of land demarcation. 3) The connectivity of the ocean regards the fishing community as a social network rather than a geographical container.

Healthy aging is a critical pillar of Healthy China Strategy. Investigating the effect of mobility on older adults' well-being and its underlying mechanisms is crucial for enhancing their overall well-being. Based on the mobility—social exclusion—well-being theoretical framework, this study uses the survey data of 1109 older adults from ten major cities in China to explore the effects of maintenance and leisure travel frequencies on eudaimonic and hedonic well-being, and the mediation effect of social exclusion. The results reveal that maintenance travel frequency is directly and negatively associated with well-being, while leisure travel frequency is directly and positively correlated with well-being. Social exclusion plays a key mediating role: maintenance travel frequency reduces well-being by increasing social exclusion, whereas leisure travel frequency enhances well-being by decreasing social exclusion. The impact of leisure travel frequency on flourishing and positive affect is greater than that of maintenance travel frequency, while maintenance travel frequency is more important for negative affect. This study emphasizes the differentiated role of mobility types, reveals the key mechanisms of social exclusion, and provides policy implications for optimizing the mobility and enhancing the well-being of older adults in the Chinese context.

Against the backdrop of place consumerism, comfort has become a vital strategy for new towns to attract talent and drive urbanization. Comfort is not merely a functional affordance of a place, but more profoundly a symbolic embodiment of place meaning, representing an empathetic response to individuals' needs of modern lifestyles. Taking the Beijiao New Town as a case study, this study employs field studies and qualitative interviews to explore how comfort, as a place meaning, emerges and evolves within the interactive dynamics between human and non-human agents. Results find that amenities, as non-human agents, exhibit agency in terms of openness and cultural dimensions, stimulating and constructing the interactions between humans and non-humans in a fundamental way. The functional comfort operates as the fundamental catalyst in place consumption, manifesting through the interplay between material affordance (objective amenities provision) and embodied perception (subjective comfort internalization).

Leisure is an important indicator for assessing the quality of life of migrants in new urban space. Researching the leisure satisfaction of migrants plays a crucial role in promoting people-oriented urbanization and achieving the strategic goal of "Healthy China." This study takes Wuhan Donghu High-Tech Zone as a case study and constructs structural equation model to reveal the influence effects of environmental perception and social interaction on leisure satisfaction. The results show that: 1) Environmental perception have a significant positive impact on leisure satisfaction, primarily through quality attractiveness and life convenience. 2) The quality of social interactions significantly enhances leisure satisfaction, whereas the intensity of social interactions does not show a significant effect. 3) Social interactions serve as a significant mediator between environmental perception and leisure satisfaction, with the proportion of the mediating effect ranging from 3.87% to 70.24%. 4) Leisure satisfaction of the older generation is influenced by both environmental perception and social interactions, whereas the younger generation is significantly affected only by social interactions. Finally, this study proposes policy recommendations from the perspectives of optimizing differentiated leisure spaces, improving community environmental quality, and constructing fully employed communities.

Significant progress has been made in studying the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban system, yet its spatial correlation characteristics and evolution mechanisms remain insufficiently understood. This paper examines spatial autocorrelation patterns of urban population using road distance and county-level census data from 2000 to 2020, with spatial autocorrelation function graphs as the main method. Results show that: there are three characteristic correlation distances, 190 km, 300 km, and 500 km. Urban population exhibits strong cumulative autocorrelation, while density autocorrelation is weak. Over the study period, the strength of spatial autocorrelation gradually increased, but the overall pattern remained stable. Specifically, there is high population correlation within 190 km, spatial clustering within 300 km, and a maximum correlation range around 500 km. Despite intensifying correlations, no qualitative changes in autocorrelation dynamics are observed. The analysis further reveals weak intercity population correlation across the region, with no evident diffusion from large cities and limited interaction among smaller peripheral cities. The study emphasizes the need to enhance the integrity of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban system. These insights can inform further research on spatial interaction and planning in the region, with the research methods offering inspiration for spatial analysis endeavors among academic colleagues.

The efficiency of urban-rural integration development constitutes a critical scientific issue in China's modernization process and serves as a pivotal agenda for promoting coordinated regional development and enhancing domestic economic circulation. This study investigates the urban-rural integration development efficiency in the Yangtze River Mid-Reach Urban Agglomeration from 2006 to 2023, employing kernel density estimation, hotspot analysis, and geographical detector models to reveal its spatiotemporal dynamics and influencing factors. Key findings include: 1) Urban-rural integration efficiency exhibited a "decline followed by upward trajectory" during 2006-2023. The Wuhan Metropolitan Circle consistently outperformed the Chang-Zhu-Tan and Poyang Lake Urban Agglomerations, with more pronounced multi-polar differentiation. 2) Spatial distribution featured "contiguous cold-spot zones, clustered sub-cold-spot areas, and sporadic sub-hot/hot-spot regions." 3) The Wuhan Metropolitan Circle has consistently relied on economic factors while gradually seeing the emergence of social influences. The Chang-Zhu-Tan Urban Agglomeration demonstrates multi-dimensional dominance encompassing economic, demographic, and social factors. In contrast, the Poyang Lake Urban Agglomeration remains primarily driven by economic and population factors.

From the perspective of attribute-network relationships, this study integrates multivariate geographical flow big data and relevant socio-economic statistical data to construct networks of population flow, logistics, information flow, capital flow, and technology flow in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle. The following conclusions are drawn: 1) Distance decay effects exist in the flows of population, logistics, capital, and technology, with the overall strength of distance decay being population flow > capital flow > technology flow > logistics flow. 2) The intercity multidimensional factor flow distance-decay degree demonstrates dual characteristics of factor-type heterogeneity and geographical spatial heterogeneity. 3) Population flow and capital flow are primarily constrained by administrative segmentation, urban-rural dual systems, and industrial isomorphism.

As a transitional outcome of China's rapid urbanization, resettlement-based transitional communities have become a critical spatial form for supporting rural residents'identity shifts and easing urban-rural disparities. This study adopts an"institution-life"interaction perspective to unravel the developmental trajectory and transformation mechanisms of such communities, drawing on evidence from Jiangyan, Jiangsu Province. The findings reveal three interrelated processes. First, institutional arrangements constitute the external driving force of transformation. Through successive phases of institutional supply, transformation, and adjustment, resettlement communities have evolved from spaces of physical relocation into more socially integrated environments, reflecting both the state's adaptive governance capacity and the structuring role of formal rules. Second, everyday practices provide the endogenous momentum for transformation. Residents' practices have shifted from informal adaptation to active participation, reshaping community order from fragmentation toward collaborative co-governance. Residents thus emerge not only as subjects of policy intervention but also as agents of spatial change. Third, the interplay between institutions and daily life drives the spiral evolution of transitional communities: institutions structure and partially codify everyday practices, while residents creatively reinterpret, internalize, and extend institutional arrangements. This reciprocal shaping underscores that China's urban-rural transformation is neither a linear extension of modernity nor a rigid persistence of tradition, but a distinctive path of integration forged through the dynamic interaction of institutions and lived practices.

Based on the perspective of the ecological niche, the article used ecological, econometric and spatial statistical methods, and taking the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the research object, explored the path mechanism and spatio-temporal characteristics of digital economy enhancing the urban comprehensive competitiveness (UCC) by measuring the levels of the UCC from 2011-2022. The results showed that: 1) The level of the UCC increased steadily, with strong spatial agglomeration. 2) Digital economy could significantly enhance the UCC through technological innovation. 3) The enhancing effect of digital economy on the UCC in the middle and lower reaches was higher than the upstream areas, and the degree of influence had undergone a gradual shift from a distribution pattern of high in the middle and low on both sides to that of high in the east and low in the west.

As a key concept of human geography, the connotation of "home" is undergoing deconstruction and reconstruction in the context of tourism, but this has not attracted sufficient attention from the researchers. The home space built by people in glamping becomes the representative of the home in the tourist context. It integrates home elements into the space practice, representing the extension and reconstruction of home, and is the redefinition of home in modern tourism. Based on the above background, the following research questions are proposed for this study. In the context of tourism, how do people carry out home space practice? And how to construct the meaning of home? How is home in the context of tourism related to home in everyday life? To answer these questions, this paper takes glamping as a case study to explore how people carry out the spatial practice and construction of the meaning of home in a tourism context, to understand the evolution of the connotation of home in the context of tourism. The study found that: 1) The spatial practice of home in the tourism context includes the extension of physical boundary to nature, the artistic transformation of home aesthetics, and the integration practice of family activities. This process reflects the tourists' reflection on the original home and the pursuit of the ideal home. 2) The meaning of construction of home in the tourism context is manifested in the three dimensions of home, family, and homeland, forming a meaningful structure of poetic dwelling, emotional belonging, and spiritual sublimation, which further strengthens the tourists' imagination of the ideal home. 3) The home in the tourism context is the extension and reconstruction of the home in daily life, and the temporary appearance of the ideal home; At the same time, the home in daily life will also be affected by the home in the tourism context, and it will be continuously repaired in the recurrence of the ideal home.

Based on the perspective of humanistic geography, the paper constructs a research framework of Triple Places (Spiritual Places, Other Places, and Self Places), and takes the Heming Teahouse, located in the People's Park of Chengdu, as a case study to discuss the derived meanings and the movement of places and placelessness, as well as the relationship between them nowadays. The paper obtains the following conclusions: In the Spiritual Place, the paper divides the process of the Heming into four stages, the Pre-place Paving Stage, the Strong Place Developing Stage, the Strong Placelessness Shrinking Stage, and the Place Revival Stage. The influence of placelessness has two sides. When facing the crisis of the deconstruction of the meaning of the place, the place has its own resilience, i.e., the cultural genes carried by the people and objects rooted in the place. Subsequently, through the construction and abstraction of the triple place map, the paper proposes an axis of place movement to highlight the special temporality and movement of place, arguing that the perception of place that comes from the collective sedimentation in history will be gradually superimposed with the inheritance of generations, and will become the collective archetype of the emotion of the place. Finally, this paper analyses the contradiction between place and placelessness from the perspectives of site and individual, and discusses the triple derivative meanings of place and placelessness from the levels of significance, phenomenon, and attitude, arguing that the antagonism between place and placelessness is weakened due to the more relaxed historical process nowadays, and that the two are both opposing and can be transformed into each other.

Rural e-commerce has become an important driving force for China's economic growth, with its spatial distribution pattern of upstream and downstream market is of great significance for industrial structure upgrading and regional coordinated development. Based on county-level digital rural data, this study systematically examines the spatial distribution dynamics of rural e-commerce upstream and downstream market and the importance of each influencing factor, using Moran's index, kernel density estimation, random forest and SHAP value models. The results show that: 1) China's rural e-commerce upstream and downstream market exhibit a multi-core spatial pattern of "large agglomeration, small dispersion", the upward market and the downward market realize the spatial change process of point source and non-point source agglomeration growth respectively, and gradually shift to the right to form a polarization phenomenon. 2) China's rural e-commerce upstream and downstream market presents a significant spatial agglomeration and differentiation, and gradually turns from "sales polarization, consumption homogenization" to "sales homogenization, consumption polarization" characteristics. 3) Traffic density and information facility impact both market, and the industrial base has a greater impact on the upward market, while the downward market is mainly affected by digital resources and income gap. Accordingly, regulatory pathways should optimize supply factors for agricultural product upward sales and guide demand factors for industrial product downward consumption.

Strengthening ecological resilience plays a significant role in enabling cities to cope with environmental risks. Tourism, owing to its inherent "green" characteristics, plays a pivotal role in this process. Thus, an in-depth exploration of the impact of tourism development on urban ecological resilience is essential for providing both theoretical insights and practical guidance toward ecological protection and high-quality regional development. Based on panel data from 284 Chinese cities spanning 2004 to 2021, this study investigates the spatial spillover effects of tourism development on urban ecological resilience and its regional heterogeneity using the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM). The results indicate the following: 1) National ecological resilience, along with that of the four major subregions, exhibited a generally upward yet fluctuating trend, with regional disparities following the pattern: East > Central > West > Northeast. Notable spatial heterogeneity persists, characterized by higher resilience in the East and South, and lower levels in the West and North. 2) Using three spatial weight matrices—contiguity, geographic distance, and economic geography—tourism development significantly enhances ecological resilience in both local and adjacent cities. The direct impact is substantially greater than the indirect effects, with local factors driving the primary improvements, whereas the spatial spillover effects remain comparatively limited. 3) Significant regional heterogeneity is observed in the spillover effects. For direct effects, tourism development in all four subregions has a significant positive influence on local ecological resilience, with more pronounced effects in the western and northeastern regions. Regarding indirect effects, only the eastern and central regions exhibit significant positive spillovers to neighboring cities, whereas the western and northeastern regions exhibit no significant indirect effects.

This study constructs a theoretical model of mountain tourism participation behavior by integrating SOR theory, MOA theory, and the BRA model. Using a questionnaire survey and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), the study identifies key influencing factors and causal mechanisms, outlines behavioral patterns and participant segmentation characteristics, and proposes adaptive management strategies based on differences in behavioral traits and dynamic adaptation needs. The findings reveal the following: 1) Six endogenous factors are the core influencing factors of mountain tourism participation behavior, and they constitute six path formation types of mountain tourism participation behavior. Among these, four correspond to high participation behaviors, namely risk core-multiple synergy, motivation core-benefit driven, benefit core-risk trade-off, and system adaptation-stimulus regulation; while the other two represent non-high participation behaviors, namely core missing-negative response and risk passivation-low sensitivity response. 2) Key differences between high and non-high participation behaviors lie in the characteristics of the paths, the asymmetry of the action mechanisms, and the dynamic nature of the decision-making process. 3) Adaptive management strategies are proposed, including interventions tailored to participants' decisionmaking traits, personalized services based on market dynamics and consumer needs, and adjustments to tactical and service frameworks in response to subtle behavioral shifts.

It is recognized that perceived authenticity exerts a significant influence on tourists' travel experiences, whereas perceptions of a destination's authenticity are readily undermined by external cultural interventions. Against the backdrop of Chinese ancient town tourism development-within which extensive external cultural elements have been introduced-the exploration of the evolutionary mechanisms of tourists' perceived authenticity is regarded as critically important for the development of such destinations. On the basis of in-depth interviews with fifty-two respondents and participatory on-site observation, the stage-specific characteristics of tourists' perceived authenticity, as well as the mechanisms of its evolution across different phases of the visit, are revealed. The findings show that the perceived authenticity of visitors to Yangliuqing ancient town is manifested as a three-stage evolution of "aspirational authenticity," "partial authenticity," and "beautified authenticity." The typology and progression of this process are delineated accordingly. It is further argued that the essence of the evolution of perceived authenticity during the various stages of tourism is the result of continuous changes in tourists' psychological distance to the ancient town, which give rise to corresponding changes in the level of cognitive construal. This argument is advanced under the guidance of the framework of "tourism process-psychological distance-construal level," by which the relationships among the phases of the visit, perceived distance, and the abstraction of interpretation are organized.

Cross-media transformation brings difficulties to the maintenance and inheritance of the stability of traditional cultural meanings. Firstly, the six landscape of Shuipo Liangshan are refined from the perspective of tourists namely architecture, carvings, performances, waypoints, roads, and symbols. Second, the syntactic structure of the literary tourist site is constructed, and four indicators are identified: importance, comprehensibility, intertextuality, and transformation, and the quantification of the indicators is realised. Third, through the measurement of the four indicators, it is found that: 1) literary tourist sites are important meaning organising units, with buildings, roads and carvings being slightly more important for meaning organisation, and waypoints, signs and performances being weaker; 2) aesthetic comprehension and interpretation reconstruct the symbolic significance of literary tourist sites, with roads being the most comprehensible, followed by buildings, carvings and waypoints, and performances and signs being weaker; 3) aesthetic imagination is involved in the realisation of the mutual verification of meaning between text and society, with architecture, carving and waypoints having stronger intertextuality, and roads, performances and signs being relatively weaker; 4) aesthetic co-phasing maintains the stability of cross-media meaning transformation, with architecture and carving having higher transformations and being able to maintain the stability of meaning better, with waypoints and roads performing passably, and signs and performances having lower transformations.

Rural tourism micro-enterprises are the most dynamic business entities in rural tourism destinations, and their resilience is critical for promoting rural employment, entrepreneurship, and comprehensive revitalization. This paper, based on social network theory and resource-based theory, constructs a theoretical analysis model. Using Shuanglang Village in Dali and Wenlin Village in Lijiang, Yunnan as case studies, the paper employs regression analysis and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine the impact mechanisms of the synergy between social networks and enterprise resources on the resilience formation of rural tourism micro-enterprises. The results reveal that: 1) the synergy between social networks and enterprise resources significantly enhances enterprise resilience, with enterprise resources playing a mediating role in resilience formation; 2) four typical high-resilience pathways are identified: internal resourcedriven, culture resource enhancement through adhesive network dominance, multi-layer network collaboration under resource scarcity, and digital media-enabled bridging network collaborative innovation; 3) social networks enhance enterprise resilience through resource acquisition and integration, and the resilience formation follows a dynamic process of "short-term recovery, medium-term adaptation, and long-term security."