Differences in Pattern and Driving Forces between Urban and Rural Settlements in the Coastal Region of Ningbo, China

Chen, Mingxing; Ye, Chao

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“…The study of the changes in RSL has a long history that has focused predominantly on the size, pattern, and spatial distribution [6,12,16,17] of rural land consolidation [18][19][20] as well as sustainable management [21,22]. Recent studies have highlighted the driving forces behind rural settlement dynamics and have found that the distances to cities, roads, and water bodies as well as various terrain features have led to changes in the spatiotemporal distribution of RSL [2,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

2016

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Abstract:Understanding the relationship between the spatiotemporal expansion of rural settlement land and the variation of rural population is the foundation of rational and specific planning for sustainable development. Based on the integration of Landsat TM, ETM+, and OLI images and demographic data, using mathematical models, landscape indexes, and a decoupling model, the spatiotemporal changes of the rural settlement land area and its decoupling relationship with the rural registered population were analyzed for the middle basin of the Heihe River in China. During the period 1986-2014, the following changes occurred: (1) The study area experienced increases of 124.94%, 55.16%, and 1.56% in rural settlement land area, number of patches, and rural registered population, respectively; (2) Edge-expansion, dispersion, and urban encroachment were the dominant patterns of dynamic changes in the studied rural settlement land. Among these, edge-expansion was the most prevalent development pattern; it contributed more than half of the total increase in the number of patches and the total area growth; (3) The annual growth rate of the rural registered population increased from 0.7% in 1986-2002 to´0.5% in [2002][2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014]. By that time the rural settlement land area had undergone a gentle increase from 3.4% to 3.6%. Generally, the rural registered population and rural settlement land has experienced a shift from weakly decoupled in 1986-2009 to strongly decoupled in 2009-2014; (4) From 1986 to 2014, rural urbanization and modernization were the main causes that led to the decline in the rural registered population; however, economic growth promoted the expansion of rural settlement land during this same period. We believe that with the rapid development of urbanization, the decoupling relationship between the rural settlement land area and the reduction in the rural registered population cannot be completely reversed in the short term. It is recommended that the government should enhance the role of planning rural settlement land during the process of urbanization.

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Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

2016

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“…The settlement expansion differentiation index (SEDI) is the ratio of the settlement expansion rate of a spatial unit to the settlement expansion rate of the study area [11]. The SEDI makes the expansion degrees of the spatial units comparable and detects the settlement change hotspots.…”

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“…The settlement expansion intensity index (SEII) of a spatial unit is the proportion of newly increased urban area to its total area [11,40]. It is correlated with the annual growth area and the total area of the spatial unit.…”

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Spatial Pattern and the Process of Settlement Expansion in Jiangsu Province from 1980 to 2010, Eastern China

Liu

Zhang

2014

Sustainability

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Human settlement expansion has very important effects on regional population migration, economic balance and ecosystem services. Understanding the evolution of settlement expansion and regional differences is significant for regional sustainability. The results showed that in the past 30 years, the urbanization rate in Jiangsu province was lower. From 1980 to 2010, the expansion area of urban settlement was larger than that of rural settlement. Urban settlement expanded slowly from 1980 to 2005 and strongly from 2005 to 2010. Rural settlement expanded greatly from 1980 to 1995, and 37.14% of settlement was mostly on cropland. The type of urban settlement expansion from 1980 to 1995 and from 2000 to 2005 was compact expansion. Settlement expansion in the south of Jiangsu province was greater than that in the north of Jiangsu province. The spatial pattern of settlement in most cities was a cluster. In the past 30 years, urban and rural settlement expansion had significantly different impacts on the soil and water environment. Urban settlement expansion was great in the south of Jiangsu province and widened the economic and social gap between the south and north of Jiangsu province.

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“…Informal and formal as well as in situ expansion and enclave expansion characterized human settlement dynamics in both areas. Port Harcourt is one of Nigeria's fastest growing cities and has a growing informal human settlement sector while Ningbo is the second largest growing city in Zhejiang Province in China with government dominated settlement development [11], [12]. The development of sustainable human settlements is one of the major development challenges of the South African government.…”

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Human Settlement Dynamics in the Bamenda III Municipality, North West Region, Cameroon

Mbanga¹

2018

JSSP

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Differences in Pattern and Driving Forces between Urban and Rural Settlements in the Coastal Region of Ningbo, China

Cited by 22 publications

References 52 publications

Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

Spatiotemporal Changes in Rural Settlement Land and Rural Population in the Middle Basin of the Heihe River, China

Spatial Pattern and the Process of Settlement Expansion in Jiangsu Province from 1980 to 2010, Eastern China

Human Settlement Dynamics in the Bamenda III Municipality, North West Region, Cameroon

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