Independent or Influential? Spatial-Temporal Features of Coordination Level between Urbanization Quality and Urbanization Scale in China and Its Driving Mechanism.

Yijun Shi,Xiangbin Wang,Yaqi Wu,Yang Fei,Jinyang Deng,Lihua Xu,Zhangwei Lu,Quan Zhu

doi:10.3390/ijerph17051587

Abstract

The quality and scale of urbanization development are the two main aspects in China’s current urbanization process. By measuring and analyzing the level differences in these two aspects, the healthy development of China’s urbanization and urban–rural integration will be promoted. Based on the quality of urbanization and the scale of urbanization, this paper constructs an evaluation index system for urbanization coordination level. On this basis, this paper analyzes the spatial correlation, spatial difference, and spatial pattern evolution characteristics of urbanization coordination level in 286 sample cities nationwide from 2005 to 2015. Then, by introducing the spatial econometric regression model, this paper discusses the driving mechanism of the spatial and temporal evolution of urbanization coordination level. The results show that: (1) The level of coordination between urbanization quality and urbanization scale shows a strong spatial correlation in space, which is consistent with the actual development status; (2) the level of urbanization coordination shows a trend of evolution from northeast to southwest in the evolution of spatial pattern, but the extent of change is small; and (3) the spatial and temporal pattern of urbanization coordination level is affected by different driving forces, of which internal source is the primary impact factor, followed by administrative level and investment level. In addition, the level of urbanization coordination has a positive spillover effect on the level of urbanization coordination in adjacent areas.

Highlights

With the implementation of the reform and opening policy in 1978, China has been experiencing rapid urbanization and industrialization at an unprecedented rate
We introduce this It reflects concept into the study of urbanization to describe the degree of coordination degree between the the degree of benign coupling of the interactions between subsystems and the degree of coordination, urbanization scale and urbanization quality in the process of urbanization
In terms of changing trends, it shows a slowly rising trend. This is related to the shift in focus of urbanization development from a focus on scale and speed to a focus on the urbanization quality in recent years

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Introduction

With the implementation of the reform and opening policy in 1978, China has been experiencing rapid urbanization and industrialization at an unprecedented rate. Since 1996, China’s urbanization has entered an accelerated stage of rapid development, whereas its urbanization rate has exceeded. In the process of China’s current urbanization development: (1) On the one hand, a large number of rural populations are pouring into cities and towns, and the scale of rural areas is shrinking while the scale of cities and towns is constantly expanding. This stage is the primary stage of urbanization development. Public Health 2020, 17, 1587; doi:10.3390/ijerph17051587 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph

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