Evolution and assessment on China's urbanization 1960–2010: Under-urbanization or over-urbanization?

Chen, Mingxing; Liu, Weidong; Xiao-li, Tao

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.09.007

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“…Economic development, energy consumption, industrial structures, and environmental background are diverse in Chinese cities (Fang and Liu, 2009;Chen et al, 2013). The economy has been developing earlier and faster in eastern China, particularly in the rapidly urbanized areas.…”

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Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) in Chinese cities

Han

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2014

Environmental Pollution

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a b s t r a c tWe examined and compared PM 2.5 concentrations in urban and the surrounding regions, and further investigated the impact of urbanization on urban PM 2.5 concentrations at the Chinese prefectures.Annual PM 2.5 concentrations in most prefectures were greater than 10 mg/m 3 , the air quality guideline of the World Health Organization. Those prefectures were mainly distributed along the east coast and southeast of Sichuan province; The urban PM 2.5 concentrations (Urban PM2:5 ) in 85 cities were greater than (>10 mg/m 3 ) those in the surrounding area. Those cities were mainly located in the BeijingeSichuan and ShanghaieGuangxi belts. In addition, Urban PM2:5 was less than (<0 mg/m 3 ) that in surrounding areas in only 41 prefectures, which were located in western China or nearby mega cities; Significant positive correlations were found between Urban PM2:5 and urban population (R 2 ¼ 0.99, P < 0.05), and between Urban PM2:5 and urban second industry fraction (R 2 ¼ 0.71, P < 0.05), suggesting that urbanization had considerable impact on PM 2.5 concentrations.

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Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) in Chinese cities

Han

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2014

Environmental Pollution

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“…In summary, since its reform and opening-up, China has pursued an accelerated and unbalanced urbanization model (Chen et al, 2013). This has resulted in dramatic land use conversion from agricultural to nonagricultural purposes.…”

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Challenges and the way forward in China’s new-type urbanization

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a b s t r a c tChina's urbanization has been a notable global event. The National New Urbanization Plan (2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020) unveiled by the Chinese Central Government revealed a new path for urbanization that accommodated unique Chinese characteristics. The most notable aspect was the transfer from land-centered urbanization to people-oriented urbanization. Given that land urbanization was the key to the previous orbit, this manuscript aims to analyze the evolution and challenge for land-centered urbanization, and way forward for people-oriented urbanization in China. With increasing urban populations and expanding industrial activities, China has experienced vigorous land urbanization and an uneven population distribution pattern since 1978. Land-centered urbanization has created some economic and social benefits, but has also posed many adverse impacts. The issues of the loss of arable land, the phenomenon of "ghost cities," and the urban heat island effect have become critical challenges. Eight suggestions from two perspectives are recommended in this manuscript for achieving new-type urbanization in China. We should give priority to this issue of the citizenization of peasant migrants. Government, scientists, and the public can all combine to influence the development trajectories of China's new-type urbanization.

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“…Fast-growing urbanization in China, which is characterized by accelerated socioeconomic metabolism and city sprawl, has claimed for an unprecedented amount of cement products to construct and sustain buildings and infrastructures (HirschnitzGarbers et al, 2015). From 1978 to 2010, China's urban population has grown dramatically from 170 to 670 million while the urban share of the total population rose from a mere 18%e50% owing to the economic reforms (Chen et al, 2013). The concomitant economic boom in the urbanization has also witnessed an enormous amount of cement consumption (Woodward and Duffy, 2011).…”

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Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

Cao

Shen

Liu

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tAccompanying by the rapid urbanization process of China, unprecedented amounts of cement have been poured into urban construction over the last decade. Since research is still scarce on the factors underlying the cement consumption, the motivation of this paper is to provide insight into cement-based socioeconomic metabolism and to improve understanding of the linkage between human activities and cement consumption. To explore the key impact factors of cement consumption, an extended STIRPAT model is exploited in this paper to examine the effect of population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, cement consumption intensity, fixed investment and urbanization level with regional panel data of China from 2005 to 2013. The empirical results indicate that fixed investment and GDP per capita are the decisive driving factors of cement consumption. The unbalanced investment between infrastructure and people's livelihood reflects bias urbanization policy in China. Inverted-U shaped nexus between cement consumption and urbanization, as well as GDP per capita, are observed in the empirical results. Moreover, regional heterogeneities are taken into account in the model estimation. On the ground of the empirical findings, several policy recommendations are provided for policy makers. It is suggested that policy makers should take account of the regional discrepancy and implement a sustainable urbanization strategy to curtail cement consumption. Only when excessive fixed investment is curbed does the enthusiasm of cement consumption calm down.

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Evolution and assessment on China's urbanization 1960–2010: Under-urbanization or over-urbanization?

Cited by 343 publications

References 11 publications

Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) in Chinese cities

Impact of urbanization level on urban air quality: A case of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) in Chinese cities

Challenges and the way forward in China’s new-type urbanization

Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

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