Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Urban-Rural Development and Transformation in East of the “Hu Huanyong Line”, China

Abstract

Urban-rural development and transformation is profoundly changing the socioeconomic system as well as the natural environment. The study uses the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method to construct a top-down index of human activity based around five dimensions (population, land, industry, society, and environment) to evaluate the spatial characteristics in the region east of the Hu Huanyong line, China, in 1994 and 2010. Then, we investigate the spatial-temporal pattern using the methods of hotspot analysis, local Moran's I index and Pearson correlation coefficient. The calculation showed that: (1) northeast China was experiencing an economic recession during study period, and the implementation of revitalization plan have not controlled the recession trend yet; (2) Pearson correlation analysis showed that the improvement of population quality promote the development of industry and society systems significantly during study period; and (3) negative correlation between Population Development Index (PDI) change and Population Transformation Index (PTI) change (along with the Society Transformation Index (STI) change and Industry Transformation Index (ITI) change) reflected that east of the Hu Huanyong line, China was in a "demographic dividend" period. Then, with the help of SOFM neural network algorithm, we divided the study area into six types of region, and found that municipalities, provincial capitals, Yangtze River Delta region and cities on the North China Plain owned the greatest development, while cities in southwest and northeast China showed relatively poor development during study period.

Study on Population Distribution Pattern at the County Level of China

“…Therefore, the "Hu Huanyong Line" was not only the population line of China but also the boundary of China's ecological environment. Since the "Hu Huanyong Line" was put forward, Chinese scholars have conducted extensive research on population distribution, mainly focusing on the population distribution based on the "Hu Huanyong Line" [17,18], urbanization patterns based on population [19][20][21], and the relationship between the population and economic environment based on GIS spatial analysis methods and economic statistical methods [22][23][24].…”

Analysis of Spatial Interaction between Different Food Cultures in South and North of China — Practices from People's Daily Life

“…In China, there is a widely recognized North-south division line which runs through the entire East and West China [39,40], as indicated by the red line in Figure 1. As a matter of fact, the publicly recognized division line of south and north is not only substantiated and recognized objectively by geographers, but also found to be topically widely accepted by people topically [41,42]. The research data of this paper is based on 7,212 user answers to a geographic hot topic on Zhihu, "what are the differences between South and North China that you never know?"…”

Analysis of Spatial Interaction between Different Food Cultures in South and North China: Practices from People’s Daily Life

“…In China, a widely recognized North-South division line exists, which runs through the whole of East and West China [39,40], as indicated by the red line in Figure 1. Furthermore, the publicly recognized North-South division line is not only substantiated and recognized objectively by geographers, but also topically widely accepted by the people [41,42].…”