• Journal of Geographical Sciences
  • Vol. 30, Issue 10, 1603 (2020)
Mingyang CHENG1, Linna LI1, and Yang ZHOU1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 2Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11442-020-1802-z Cite this Article
    Mingyang CHENG, Linna LI, Yang ZHOU. Exploring the urban-rural development differences and influencing factors in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(10): 1603 Copy Citation Text show less
    Location of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China
    Fig. 1. Location of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China
    Spatial pattern of urban-rural difference index values in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Fig. 2. Spatial pattern of urban-rural difference index values in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Different types of urban-rural population-land-industry in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Fig. 3. Different types of urban-rural population-land-industry in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Spatial patterns of road network coverage level, natural, economic and social factors in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Fig. 4. Spatial patterns of road network coverage level, natural, economic and social factors in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Geographically weighted regression coefficients of the urban-rural difference index in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Fig. 5. Geographically weighted regression coefficients of the urban-rural difference index in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015
    Destination layerCriteria layerIndex layerWeights
    Urban developmentUrban populationProportion of workers to the total urban population in secondary and tertiary industries0.50
    Disposable income of urban residents0.50
    Urban landIntensive level of land use in urban built-up areas (person/km2)0.51
    Secondary and tertiary industrial output value per km2 in urban built-up areas0.49
    Urban industryUrban per capita output value of secondary and tertiary industries (yuan per capita)1.00
    Rural developmentRural populationProportion of rural workers to the total rural population0.50
    Disposable income of rural residents0.50
    Rural landIntensive level of land use in rural settlements (person/km2)0.51
    Grain output value per km2 of cultivated land0.49
    Rural industryOutput value per capita of rural primary industry1.00
    Table 1.

    Indicators of the urban-rural difference index

    FactorsIndex layerWeights
    Road network coverage levelHighway length per km20.20
    National road length per km20.26
    Provincial road length per km20.23
    County road length per km20.28
    Railway length per km20.13
    Natural factorsCounty average slope
    Economic factorsCounty per capita GDP0.40
    County per capita public finance income0.30
    County per capita taxes0.30
    Social factorsCounty per capita social welfare homes0.31
    County per capita medical and health beds0.36
    Proportion of students to the county population0.33
    Table 2.

    Indicators of the factors influencing urban-rural development

    Urban-rural populationUrban-rural landUrban-rural industryDevelopment level
    UPiRPiULiRLiUIiRIi
    [0, 0.3][0, 0.3][0, 0.3][0, 0.3][0, 0.3][0, 0.3]Low
    (0.3, 0.6](0.3, 0.6](0.3, 0.6](0.3, 0.6](0.3, 0.6](0.3, 0.6]Medium
    (0.6, 1](0.6, 1](0.6, 1](0.6, 1](0.6, 1](0.6, 1]High
    Table 3.

    Grading standards for urban-rural development

    Development typeUrban-ruralpopulation (%)Urban-rural land (%)Urban-rural industry (%)
    Low-level urban-rural development9.33 (28)13.33 (40)83.67 (251)
    Low-level urban development and medium-level rural development28.67 (86)48.00 (144)6.00 (18)
    Low-level urban development and high-level rural development0.33 (1)7.33 (22)0.33 (1)
    Medium-level urban development and low-level rural development5.00 (15)6.33 (19)7.00 (21)
    Medium-level urban-rural development49.67 (149)18.00 (54)1.33 (4)
    Medium-level urban development and high-level rural development6.33 (19)4.33 (13)0.67 (2)
    High-level urban development and low-level rural development01.00 (3)1.00 (3)
    High-level urban development and medium-level rural development0.33 (1)1.67 (5)0
    High-level urban-rural development0.33 (1)00
    Table 4.

    Proportion of different types of urban-rural population-land-industry in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in 2015

    Mingyang CHENG, Linna LI, Yang ZHOU. Exploring the urban-rural development differences and influencing factors in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(10): 1603
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