Exploring the effects of rural human settlement on rural development: Evidence from Xianju County in Zhejiang Province, China

Wang, Yi; Zhu, Yi

doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100845

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“…The development and enhancement of villages follow this pattern of consideration: the conditions of basic infrastructure > natural environmental conditions of public service level > living conditions > human social convenience conditions [65]. The social attributes of rural spaces are both a spatial functional demand and a result of spatial production.…”

Section: Configuration Of Services In the Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Holistic Approach for Constructing Rural Living Circles in the Loess Plateau—Taking Yongning Village as an Example

Wang,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

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Insufficient public service facilities in rural areas, which leads to failures in meeting the needs of villagers, has become a significant barrier to the high-quality development of rural regions. This issue is particularly acute in the Loess Plateau area, where the complex topography leads to scattered and independent village layouts, making it challenging to allocate service facilities based simply on distance and population. Aiming to arrange public service facilities efficiently and intensively from a “bottom-up” approach, this study, from the perspective of living circles, attempts to summarize the current usage and needs of villagers at the “village–town–county” levels, as well as to seek strategies for facility allocation in villages. This provides a scientific basis for optimizing the configuration of service facilities in the Loess Plateau area. Through field surveys based on questionnaires and interviews with over 60 households and more than 100 villagers, this study authentically reproduces a picture of their daily lives and summarizes their needs for well-configured services and facilities. The findings of this study include the following: (1) The village domain serves as a space of daily production and living for villagers, necessitating facilities for everyday purchases, activities, and elderly care; the town domain supplements the daily production and living needs of villagers, with a higher demand for production materials; the county domain, integrating urban and rural spaces, provides higher-level medical, educational, and other service facilities. (2) Within the village domain, villagers’ demands for facilities lean towards miniaturization and integration. With the increasingly aging population, the demand for elderly care and health facilities is becoming more urgent. Facilities such as activity rooms, fitness equipment, and stores with a wide range of products at reasonable prices can effectively improve levels of convenience and happiness in villagers’ lives. This study summarizes, from a “bottom-up” approach, the villagers’ facility layout needs within the rural living circle, providing a scientific basis for establishing a human-centered rural living circle and enhancing the quality of rural living environments.

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Section: Configuration Of Services In the Villagementioning

confidence: 99%

Developing a Holistic Approach for Constructing Rural Living Circles in the Loess Plateau—Taking Yongning Village as an Example

Wang,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

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“…Researchers like Wang et al have employed rigorous methodologies, such as structural equation modeling, to underscore the critical role of government support in spurring rural households to participate in environmental improvement initiatives [17]. This stream of research has evolved to encompass analyses of governance structures, advocating for more participatory, multi-stakeholder approaches in rural settings [18], alongside efforts to establish comprehensive evaluation frameworks for measuring sustainability in rural human settlements [19,20].…”

Section: Assessing the Human Settlement Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Urban Renewal on Spatial–Temporal Changes in the Human Settlement Environment in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Zheng,

2024

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China’s rapid urbanization drive, marked by extensive urban renewal projects, necessitates a meticulous examination of their transformational impact on the human settlement environment (HSE) across urban landscapes. This study investigates the impact of China’s urban renewal progress on the spatial–temporal changes in the HSE from 2009 to 2019, using data from 40 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Our findings reveal an overall positive relationship between the spatio–temporal evolution of urban renewal and the HSE, suggesting that urban renewal projects have had a beneficial impact, particularly following the announcement of China’s New Urbanization policy in 2014. However, the extent of this positive impact varied among different areas, with more significant improvements observed in core cities and economically developed areas. Additionally, our study uncovered significant variations in how urban renewal influenced the HSE over time. We found that the primary influencing factor shifted from material renewal to industrial renewal. These findings offer valuable insights for improving the HSE during urban renewal processes, both in China and other regions undergoing rapid urbanization.

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“…Moreover, the values of the five indexes are slightly lower than those of the multidirectional expanding settlements. (3). Settlement patterns extending from both ends: there are a total of seven samples (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).…”

Section: Systematic Cluster Analysismentioning

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“…The dense spatial settlements, influenced by the surrounding environment, exhibit significant variations in the curvilinear nature of their boundaries, clustering of buildings within the settlements, high levels of spatial compactness, complex fragmentation within the settlements' internal space, and a weaker sense of order. 3 Characteristics of settlement development pattern:…”

Section: Factor Analysismentioning

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“…A village's living environment is one of the core elements of the continuation of human well-being and sustainable development [1]. As one of the basic forms of human settlements, villages are a spatial and environmental complex composed of endogenous dynamics and external expressions and serve as the extension of production and lifestyle [2,3]. However, the decline in the aesthetic appeal of village living environments is an undisputed reality and has become a global issue [4,5].…”

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Study of Settlement Patterns in Farming–Pastoral Zones in Eastern Inner Mongolia Using Planar Quantization and Cluster Analysis

Xu,

Guo,

Siqin

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Settlements are comprehensive carriers of the material form expression and social appearance of human activities under specific geographical environmental choices. The analysis and preservation of their forms are important principles and strategies for rural settlement planning and construction. In this study, 28 settlements in the farming–pastoral zones in eastern Inner Mongolia were selected as the research objects. By combining fractal geometry and computer programming, the relationship between the boundary form, spatial structure, and architectural order of the settlements was quantitatively expressed, and quantitative indicators that better summarize the form of the settlements in the farming–pastoral zones in eastern Inner Mongolia were extracted. Then, factor analysis and cluster analysis were conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS26.0) to obtain the characteristic types of settlement forms. Finally, the classification results were combined with social and humanistic factors and the geographical environment to test the rationality of the results. The results show that (1) five form indicators effectively describe the settlement forms in the research area, among which the shape index, dimension of the public space, and architectural density play a crucial role in the spatial structure factors. (2) In this study, we mainly used a data collection and processing–principal component extraction and systematic clustering-type division method to complete scientific research on settlement form classification. (3) By combining the clustering results with the spatial form features and analysis mainly based on spatial structure factors, the settlement forms in the farming–pastoral zones in eastern Inner Mongolia are described as three typical types: multidirectional expanding settlement, settlement patterns extending at both ends, and centripetal development settlement. Furthermore, the characteristics of the human–land relationship implicit in each type of settlement form are explained, achieving a scientific representation and classification of the settlement forms. The research results provide useful quantitative guidance for rural revitalization, settlement form optimization, and preservation in the farming–pastoral zones in eastern Inner Mongolia

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Exploring the effects of rural human settlement on rural development: Evidence from Xianju County in Zhejiang Province, China

Cited by 12 publications

References 52 publications

Developing a Holistic Approach for Constructing Rural Living Circles in the Loess Plateau—Taking Yongning Village as an Example

Developing a Holistic Approach for Constructing Rural Living Circles in the Loess Plateau—Taking Yongning Village as an Example

The Impact of Urban Renewal on Spatial–Temporal Changes in the Human Settlement Environment in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Study of Settlement Patterns in Farming–Pastoral Zones in Eastern Inner Mongolia Using Planar Quantization and Cluster Analysis

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