Urbanization strategies, rural development and land use changes in China: A multiple-level integrated assessment

Siciliano, Giuseppina

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.06.003

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“…Generally, urban and rural areas in post-reform China have been experiencing dramatic transformation across a range of indicators such as population migration, land use and landscape changes, economic growth and living style (Chen, Zhang, Liu, & Zhang, 2014;Li, Chen, Wang, & Liu, 2014;Liu, Kuang et al, 2014;Li, Long, Liu, & Tu, 2015;Li, Zhang, Hans, & Liu, 2015;Lin, 2007;Long, Liu, Hou, Li, & Li, 2014;Siciliano, 2012). These transformations have dramatically changed the urbanerural territory system, and posed challenges to urbanerural integrated development.…”

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The spatio-temporal patterns of urban–rural development transformation in China since 1990

Wang

Liu

et al. 2016

Habitat International

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a b s t r a c tChina has undergone a dramatic transition echoed the unprecedented urbanization and economic growth since the late 1970s. The current research on urbanization has overlooked the transformation consistency between urban and rural areas. Although the Chinese central government has focused on improving rural residents' livelihood, it is still far from achieving coordinated urbanerural development. This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of China's urbanerural development transformation (URDT) based on three indicator systems, namely the urbanerural development level (URDL), the urban erural structure level (URSL), and the urbanerural coordination level (URCL). Findings from this investigation show that universal and intense URDT has taken place in China over the last two decades. This has been accompanied by growth of URDL and URSL and deterioration of URCL. There are, however, obvious spatial disparities in the different aspects of URDT. The western and northeastern regions of China have experienced slower transformation than other regions between 1990 and 2010. Correlation analysis among the sub-index shows that coordinated urbanerural development needs a certain initial socioeconomic level and moderate changes of URDL and URSL. This paper suggests that more attentions should be paid to rural areas and lagging areas in central and western China. Given the regional disparities of URDT, the most effective way to achieve urbanerural integration in China is by taking the overall considerations of development policies of both region and urbanerural areas aimed at various urbanerural development transformation characteristics.

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The spatio-temporal patterns of urban–rural development transformation in China since 1990

Wang

Liu

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Habitat International

143

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“…Furthermore, urban land expansion was faster than the population increase during urbanization. The population was growing faster than household registration as well (Siciliano 2012). This abnormal phenomenon has remained unchanged for a long time.…”

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Toward a Sustainable Utilization of Land Resources in China: Problems, Policies, and Practices

Hong

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China's economy is growing explosively with double-digit rates of growth. However, behind the scenes of this economic miracle, a dark underbelly exists. The potential impact of the unsustainable use of land resources is increasing. Each parcel of land has a stationary geographic location, while its utilization is optional. The readjustment and optimization of land use patterns ought to be encouraged. Spatial reconstruction refers to the combination of various land elements, which can promote the rational and efficient allocation of land resources through a four-layer action framework: the development of unused land, urban renewal, ecological reconstruction, and spatial displacement. The feasibility and validity of these methods are illustrated by practical cases in different provinces in China. We thus propose that pursuing sustainable development and building an ecological civilization will be necessary for China in future decades.

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“…China's urbanization improved citizen's life but at the same time caused congestion and increased effect of urban heat island [44], increased air pollution that threatens citizen's health [45,46], increased heavy metal concentration in soils and degraded soil quality [47]. Therefore, how to urbanize in China has become the focus of the society [48]. However, what is the rate and spatial distribution of China's urbanization during the past 2 decades, particularly the first 10 years of the 21st century remains to be answered.…”

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Remote sensing of environmental change over China: A review

Gong

2012

Chin. Sci. Bull.

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Urbanization strategies, rural development and land use changes in China: A multiple-level integrated assessment

Cited by 218 publications

References 38 publications

The spatio-temporal patterns of urban–rural development transformation in China since 1990

The spatio-temporal patterns of urban–rural development transformation in China since 1990

Toward a Sustainable Utilization of Land Resources in China: Problems, Policies, and Practices

Remote sensing of environmental change over China: A review

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