Spatial-Temporal Variation Characteristics and Obstacle Factors of Resilience in Border Cities of Northeast China

Abstract

The study of border resilience is an effective means to analyze the development status of border cities. This study constructs a border city resilience assessment framework, measures the urban resilience level of 13 prefecture-level administrative regions in China’s northeastern border region from 2010 to 2019, reveals their temporal and spatial differentiation characteristics, analyzes the main obstacles, and proposes development strategies. This study reveals the following: (1) The overall resilience of the northeast border cities is at a medium level, and differences between regions and cities are large. (2) The resilience of the northeast border cities increased rapidly between 2010 and 2015, especially in the western area; the improvement effect was poor between 2015 and 2019, and except for the increased resilience of individual cities in the eastern area, the development of other cities was slow and some even declined. (3) At the city scale, the development potential, economic structure, residents’ security, and environmental governance capabilities are the main factors restricting improvement in the basic resilience of the northeast border cities. Insufficient national policy support and the poor development of neighboring countries have become obstacles to cities’ exclusive resilience.

Did Urban Resilience Improve during 2005–2021? Evidence from 31 Chinese Provinces

“…The limited vitality in city development also hinders talent attraction, which further reduces the UR in these border provinces. This finding is similar to that of Jiang, Li, Cong, Wu and Peng [19], who opined that economic structure, environmental governance capabilities, and insufficient national policy support have become obstacles for the border cities to improve resilience.…”

“…The second category of studies measured the UR at the regional level. Jiang et al measured the UR level of 13 prefecture-level administrative regions in China's northeastern border region from 2010 to 2019 [19]. Chen et al established a comprehensive evaluation indicator system to measure the spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of UR in the Yellow River basin from 2011 to 2018 [20].…”

“…The research on UR in China is still in its infancy [14]. Although numerous studies have examined UR in China, they have focused on the regional level and individual Land 2024, 13, 397 3 of 22 cities [19,21]. Empirically based studies at the national scale are few [18].…”

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“…The concept of urban resilience has emerged [10]. At present, scholars in different fields have carried out a lot of research on urban resilience, mainly focusing on the analysis of connotation concepts [11,12], the construction of a resilience research framework [13,14], and the comprehensive evaluation of resilience level and dynamic simulation [15][16][17]. Zhao et al defined urban resilience as the ability of cities to maintain or restore the normal operation of urban systems after external disturbances [18].…”