Urbanization of county in China:Spatial patterns and influencing factors

作     者：ZHANG Hua CHEN Mingxing LIANG Chen ZHANG Hua;CHEN Mingxing;LIANG Chen

作者机构：Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Remote Sensing and Digital CitiesFaculty of Geographical ScienceBeijing Normal UniversityBeijing 100875China Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development ModelingInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchCASBeijing 100101China College of Resources and EnvironmentUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》 (地理学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第32卷第7期

页      面：1241-1260页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 083304[工学-城乡发展历史与遗产保护规划] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

基　　金：The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program,No.2019QZKK0406 National Natural Science Foundation of China No.42171204 

主　　题：new-type urbanization urbanization of county nearby urbanization spatial patterns influencing factors 

摘      要：This paper uses the fifth and sixth census data and 2018 demographic statistics to analyze the spatiotemporal evolution of the urbanization of county in China and the factors that influence the *** paper reveals that the urbanization level of counties is a weak area in China’s overall *** the period from 2000 to 2010,the spatial patterns of the urbanization level of counties remained *** with high-level urbanization were concentrated in the coastal areas of the eastern region,while counties that experienced rapid urbanization were mainly located in the central and western *** analyses indicate that harsh natural endowments that constrain economic development are the most important factors that hinder the urbanization of county;these factors include marginalized locations far away from center cities,high altitudes,and a population with a low education *** paper also compares two theoretical modes of new-type urbanization,nearby urbanization and remote urbanization,and argues that the new-type urbanization of county is the main form of nearby urbanization and provides an example of urbanization for developing countries worldwide.