Depopulation of rural areas under the backdrop of urbanization

PEI, Hong-Wei; Chang, Chun‐Ping; Wen-hui, HE; Shen, Yanjun

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1011.2009.00169

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“…The subcategories represent the difference of family hollowing in different villages. (2) The difference of migration characteristics among people with different ages and education levels was obvious. The distribution with age of people migrating for work and the frequency of returning home both tended to exhibit an inverted U shape.…”

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“…Different disciplines define rural population hollowing from different perspectives, although two are the most common: sociological and geographical. From the sociological perspective, hollowing refers to the phenomenon of low social and economic development: changes in the organizational structure of rural society and social and cultural life due to the decrease of population, especially young and middle-aged inhabitants; the lack of popularity and vitality in rural society; and the low level of social and economic development [2]. This viewpoint emphasizes the fundamental changes in the structure of rural society caused by population migration.…”

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The Hollowing Process of Rural Communities in China: Considering the Regional Characteristic

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This study examined the hollowing process of rural communities, which is caused by migration, and explored its influence factors based on Hierarchical Linear Model (HLM) analysis in an attempt to explore effect of regional characteristic. To capture the essence of rural hollowing, a logical framework was constructed. The rural hollowing was then evaluated based on an index system. Based on the assessment, HLM analysis was conducted to explore the influence factors at the household and community levels. The results demonstrated significant differences of rural hollowing among villages. In addition, the hollowing was not only affected by household-level variables but also by community-level variables. Further, for rural hollowing, the household-level variable was endogenous drive, while the community-level variables were exogenous drive. Among all the endogenous influence factors, population quality was the most important, and thus the loss of highly educated talents will aggravate the trend of rural hollowing and hinder the sustainable development of the countryside. Furthermore, in addition to promoting economic development and its diversification to alleviate rural hollowing, improving the quality of the population is more important to the sustainable development of the countryside in China.

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