[Coupled and Coordinated Promotion Path of Carbon Reduction， Pollution Reduction， Green Expansion， and Economic Growth in the Yellow River Basin from the Perspective of Configuration].

Carbon reduction， pollution reduction， green expansion， and growth are important strategic deployments for the construction of ecological civilization in the new era， and the coordinated promotion of the four is also the key to promoting the ecological protection and high-quality development strategy of the Yellow River Basin. In this study， 60 cities in the Yellow River Basin from 2013 to 2023 were taken as the research object， and the coupling coordination model was used to measure the coupling coordination degree of carbon reduction， pollution reduction， green expansion， and growth， and its spatiotemporal evolution characteristics were analyzed. Based on the TOE framework， the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis method （fsQCA） was used to reveal the multi-factor-driven configuration path of the four synergies. The results show that： ① The coupling coordination degree of carbon reduction， pollution reduction， green expansion， and growth in the Yellow River Basin showed an upward trend as a whole， showing the distribution characteristics of "high in the east and low in the central and western regions，" but the overall level was still in the primary coordination stage. ② The Yellow River Basin exhibited distinct regional heterogeneity characteristics in the process of jointly promoting decarbonization， pollution reduction， expansion of green growth， and growth： The upstream region emphasized the core driving role of technological innovation； the central region formed a dual-wheel driving model of technology and organization synergy， technology， and environment synergy； while the downstream region， on the other hand， placed more emphasis on the balanced coordination of technology， organization， and environment. Meanwhile， there were significant differences in the paths of promotion among cities of different types： Resource-based cities focused on technology and environment synergy， resource depletion cities took environmental governance as a breakthrough， and non-resource-based cities pursue a systematic balance among technology， organization， and environment. ③ Comparing the configuration pathways revealed that green technology innovation， industrial structure upgrading， and environmental regulation played a leading role in the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction， pollution reduction， green expansion， and growth.