Overall Urban–Rural Coordination Measures—A Case Study in Sichuan Province, China

Hui, Zhu; Deng, Fumin; Liang, Xuedong

doi:10.3390/su9020189

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“…Wu and Wang [34] utilized RS, GIS techniques and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method to set up the assessment indices of landscape resources around rural-urban regions in southern Jiangsu Province, China. Zhu et al applied a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Grey Entropy measurement model to evaluate urban-rural coordination by considering the indices of economic, social security, public services, and environmental quality [35]. Liang and Peng used AHP to examine the success factors of autonomous landscape development in rural areas, covering 8 criteria and 28 sub-criteria [36].…”

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Quantitative Study on the Evolution Trend and Driving Factors of Typical Rural Spatial Morphology in Southern Jiangsu Province, China

Liu

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Due to rapid changes in urban and rural economic development, the Chinese landscape has been gradually transforming toward urbanization. Most Chinese rural villages face declining problems such as population loss, land use transformation, fragmentation and abandonment, resulting in big changes in the rural spatial morphology. To understand these urbanization challenges, this study established a multi-factor methodology and applied it to a case study of three selected typical villages in southern Jiangsu Province. From this analysis, the quantification of the rural spatial morphology and environmental status, from 2005 to 2016, was determined. The eight driving factors established considered the rural geological location, landform, and social economic status. To analyze the driving factors, a quantitative analysis using ArcGIS, Environment for Visualizing Images (ENVI), and Analytic Network Process (ANP) decision-making methods were used. The results revealed mechanisms between the changes to spatial morphology of rural villages in southern Jiangsu Province and their key driving factors. This study provides data support and a theoretical framework to guide future development and policy of rural villages of different types, which supports the sustainable development of Chinese rural villages.

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Quantitative Study on the Evolution Trend and Driving Factors of Typical Rural Spatial Morphology in Southern Jiangsu Province, China

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“…With combined consideration of economic level, median values of type II with 65, 90, and Figure 1 showed an example of a Lorenz curve. The Gini coefficient is the ratio of the area A to the area (A+B) [18,19], as calculated in Equation (2). The Gini coefficient could be approximated from the curve using the trapezoidal rule in which the area B in Figure 1 was calculated by the sum of all trapezoids.…”

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“…The Gini coefficient could be approximated from the curve using the trapezoidal rule in which the area B in Figure 1 was calculated by the sum of all trapezoids. = 1 (2) where Xi was the cumulative proportion of various provinces. Rural and urban regions of 31 provinces was ranked by their burden values from lowest to highest, which were distributed with equal proportion.…”

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Imbalanced Development and Economic Burden for Urban and Rural Wastewater Treatment in China—Discharge Limit Legislation

Wang

Gong

2018

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Abstract:Water pollution control is a great challenge for China. Compared with urban regions, the wastewater treatment in rural areas is much undeveloped, which is highly related with the much delayed legislation for rural wastewater. Imbalanced urban-rural development and the economic burden of urban and rural wastewater treatment in China was investigated from the perspective of discharge limit legislation. For now, the national discharge limit for rural wastewater is still vacant, although the national discharge limit for urban wastewater had been released for more than ten years. Recently, local rural wastewater discharge limits from several provinces were released, however, based on quite different principles. Some categories emphasized environmental sensitivity with the discharge limit equal and were more strict than urban standards, while some focused on resource recovery for rural regions with loose discharge limits. This study compared the financial burden between rural and urban regions in 31 provinces under different discharge limit legislation conditions. It was revealed that the resources recovery category discharge principle helped to decrease the financial burden imbalance with a reduced Gini coefficient from 0.37 to 0.17. The reduced economic burden from the implementation of a suitably designed rural discharge limit promoted balancing the rural-urban gap and lowering uncertainties and risk of sustainable rural wastewater treatment. This study also revealed the urgency of rural water legislation and proposed development with a balanced financial burden for urban and rural residents under suitable discharge limits, providing a profound insight for environmental management with a focus on balanced urban-rural development for the policy-makers in developing countries.Keywords: discharge limits for rural and urban areas in China; economic burden; Gini coefficient Highlights •Rural areas lag behind urban areas in legislation for wastewater treatment • The current discharge limit legislation for rural regions of provinces in China was reviewed •The Gini coefficient revealed an imbalanced economic burden for urban and rural wastewater treatment • Discharge limits concerning resource recovery alleviated the imbalance.

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“…This is the premise followed in this research, that is, many variables have been compiled to later obtain the most significant and the correlation between them through PCA. Moreover, from this statistical method, initial effective indexes of selected variables and then several comprehensive indexes [27] that allow us to know which variables are really significant are obtained.…”

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Towards a Rural Sustainable Development? Contributions of the EAFRD 2007-2013 in Low Demographic Density Territories. The case of Extremadura (SW Spain)

Alonso¹,

Masot²

2017

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Abstract:The European Commission has been striving to achieve sustainable development in its rural areas for more than 25 years through funds aimed at modernizing the agricultural and forestry sectors, protecting the environment and improving the quality of life. But is sustainable rural development really being accomplished? This study sets out to answer this question in the case of Extremadura, a Spanish territory with Low Demographic Density and a Gross Domestic Product still below 75 % of the European average. Both qualitative and quantitative methodology have been employed, using a Principal Component Analysis the result of which has provided us with a model which shows how various behaviors coexist in the region in view of the distribution of current funding from the EAFRD. The most dynamic areas have received the largest amounts of funding and these are linked to the agricultural sector and to the protection of the environment, leaving aside the more depressed areas and the implementation of the LEADER Approach as well. Therefore, we have come to the conclusion that the current rural development in Extremadura is not sustainable enough.

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Overall Urban–Rural Coordination Measures—A Case Study in Sichuan Province, China

Cited by 17 publications

References 24 publications

Quantitative Study on the Evolution Trend and Driving Factors of Typical Rural Spatial Morphology in Southern Jiangsu Province, China

Quantitative Study on the Evolution Trend and Driving Factors of Typical Rural Spatial Morphology in Southern Jiangsu Province, China

Imbalanced Development and Economic Burden for Urban and Rural Wastewater Treatment in China—Discharge Limit Legislation

Towards a Rural Sustainable Development? Contributions of the EAFRD 2007-2013 in Low Demographic Density Territories. The case of Extremadura (SW Spain)

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