Zhu, X.; Zhao, Z., and Yan, R., 2019. Coupling coordinated development of population, marine economy, and environment system: A case in Hainan Province, China. In: Li, L.; Wan, X., and Huang, X. (eds.), Recent Developments in Practices and Research on Coastal Regions: Transportation, Environment and Economy. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 98, pp. 18–21. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

With the development and utilization of marine resources over the past years, some contradictions and sustainability problems have come to the attention of scholars. This paper is an attempt to investigate the coupling coordinated development of the population-marine economy-environment system of Hainan Province from 2008 to 2018. A comprehensive evaluation index system of the population-marine economy-environment system was constructed, and the coupling coordination degree model was employed to identify the coupling coordination degree of the population-marine economy-environment system. The results show that the degree of coupling and coordination in Hainan Province has been increasing in 2008–2018, and the sustainable development of the population-marine economy-environment system has gradually improved.