Rural areas are multifunctional and often have production,living,and ecological functions.The high-quality and balanced development of these three functions is key to sustainable rural development(SRD).Thus,the evalua...Rural areas are multifunctional and often have production,living,and ecological functions.The high-quality and balanced development of these three functions is key to sustainable rural development(SRD).Thus,the evaluation of SRD based on rural multifunctionality is of immense significance.This study clarifies the rela‐tionship between multifunctionality and sustainable rural development.An evaluation index system with six sub-components was established for calculating the SRD.In addition,we included 129 counties from the Sich‐uan Province in our case study,and used this index system to analyze the characteristics of rural multifunc‐tionality for evaluating the SRD.The results showed indisputable evidence of multifunctional development.At the county level,rural multifunctionality faces the challenge of insufficient and uneven development,particu‐larly in production functions.Significant spatial differences existed in rural multifunctional development,and the suburban counties generally performed better.Moreover,a mutually reinforcing relationship between pro‐duction,living,and ecological functions was established;however,there was still a significant gap in realizing SRD.Our results emphasize the necessity of a differentiated SRD strategy that should be formulated and imple‐mented based on rural multifunctionality differentiation rules.Our study offers useful guidance for realizing rural multifunctional and sustainable development.展开更多
The development of rural area in suburban(RAS)is comprehensively influenced by the mixed processes of non-farming,local urbanization and rural industrialization and has distinctive multifunctional features on the soci...The development of rural area in suburban(RAS)is comprehensively influenced by the mixed processes of non-farming,local urbanization and rural industrialization and has distinctive multifunctional features on the socioeconomic and resource utilization.Multifunctional reconstruction in the RAS is mainly manifested by changes in the quantity and structure of the construction land use(CLU).We took Tongshan District of Jiangsu Province as the study case.Following the logic of identifying,clustering,and diagnosing,we assessed the functional features of CLU and analyzed the differentiation of the scale and structure of CLU in RAS,with the aim of identifying the types and characteristics of multifunctional development in these regions.This study found that:1)typical RAS were experiencing multifunctional space reconstruction,and their multifunctional value was emerging and highlighted.The CLU was rapidly expanding,and the types of CLU were evolving from single to multiple uses;2)based on the dominant function of diverse rural CLU,we classified RAS into five types,dominated by the following functions,respectively:commercial services,industrial production,residential living,basic support and public service;3)according to the dominant function and spatial pattern,the development types of RAS were classified into agricultural service,comprehensive services,and integrated industries service,showing a circular spatial pattern from the suburbs to distant suburbs.The results can provide policy implication by creating new development impetus from rural multifunction perspective to promote the RAS revitalization.展开更多
Rural vitality is the life force expressed by a combination of endogenous dynamics and external influences. Exploring the complex relationship between rural functions, elements and flows could achieve sustainable rura...Rural vitality is the life force expressed by a combination of endogenous dynamics and external influences. Exploring the complex relationship between rural functions, elements and flows could achieve sustainable rural development. This study constructed a theoretical framework guided by the four functions of production, living, ecology and culture with the support of mobile big data. Furthermore, the network centrality of villages was estimated to reflect the intensity of urban-rural social mobility ties. The results indicated marked spatial disparities in rural vitality, and the coupling of ecological-cultural vitality has a high degree of coherence. Four rural vitality grades were identified: high level(38, 14.08%), medium-high level(66, 24.44%), medium-low level(110, 40.74%) and low level(56, 20.74%), covering 270 administrative village units. The flow intensity of social linkage elements is consistent with rural vitality and the socioeconomic spillover effect of urban centers on neighboring villages was noticeable. Topographic complexity negatively affected the living function, mainly in the T1 and T2 terrain gradients;the rural ecological function was not fully correlated with urban adjacency, and proximity could lead to adverse effects such as urban sprawl and resource destruction. The application of this study is to explore the importance of “flow” by utilizing mobile big data to refine the evaluation unit to the village scale. Accelerating the construction of network coverage and information interconnection and promoting the elemental flow of people, transportation and information between urban and rural areas are important ways to enhance rural vitality.展开更多
Rural development is an important part of national development in China.However,the lack of rural development degree(RDD)changes and divergence analyses limited our understanding for how to promote rural development i...Rural development is an important part of national development in China.However,the lack of rural development degree(RDD)changes and divergence analyses limited our understanding for how to promote rural development in different regions.Therefore,this work introduced a rural development assessment index and equal weighting system,consisting of five dimensions and 25 indicators,to investigate provincial RDD and changes in 2015 and 2021.The results showed that national RDD increased from 0.403±0.066 in 2015 to 0.486±0.054 in 2021 and the scores for each of the five dimensions also improved.China's rural areas had a good development foundation,but rural industrial prosperity and wealthy lifestyle were lagging.Targeted rural development policies promoted provincial-level in-creases in these dimensions.The RDD top-ranked provinces were mainly in eastern China.Most of the bottom-ranked provinces were in central and western China.The top-ranked provinces usually had three or four strong dimensions that supported regional rural devel-opment.However,weak performances in all dimensions were usually observed in the bot-tom-ranked provinces,which limited RDD improvements.The bottom-ranked provinces are encouraged to improve their ecological livability,effective governance,and wealthy lifestyle.展开更多
Rural decline has become a global problem.To address this issue,the division of rural functions and identification of driving factors are important means of rural revitalization.Taking the town area as a unit,this stu...Rural decline has become a global problem.To address this issue,the division of rural functions and identification of driving factors are important means of rural revitalization.Taking the town area as a unit,this study conducts a division and evolution analysis of rural regional functions in Jiangsu province in coastal China by constructing an evaluation system using the spatial econometric model to diagnose endogenous and exogenous driving factors of rural multifunction formation.The results show that the functions of agricultural supply and ecological conservation have decreased,while the functions of economic development and social security have increased.Agricultural production functions are concentrated in northern and central Jiangsu.The economic development function is mainly based on industrial development,and is the strongest in southern Jiangsu.Social security functions are concentrated in suburban area,county centers,and key towns.High-value areas of ecological conservation are concentrated along lakes,the coast,and hilly areas of southern Jiangsu.The multifunctional development of villages and towns is affected by endogenous and exogenous factors,including economic geographic location,natural resources,economic foundation,human capital,traffic conditions,market demand,infrastructure,and environmental governance.Natural factors have a significant impact on the supply of agricultural products and the formation of ecological conservation functions.The effects of socioeconomic factors on these four functions differ significantly.This study expands the theory of rural development functions,the classification and zoning paradigm,and the quantitative study of driving mechanisms.The results provide a reference for practical value and policy significance for the reconstruction of rural functions and rural revitalization.展开更多
文摘Rural areas are multifunctional and often have production,living,and ecological functions.The high-quality and balanced development of these three functions is key to sustainable rural development(SRD).Thus,the evaluation of SRD based on rural multifunctionality is of immense significance.This study clarifies the rela‐tionship between multifunctionality and sustainable rural development.An evaluation index system with six sub-components was established for calculating the SRD.In addition,we included 129 counties from the Sich‐uan Province in our case study,and used this index system to analyze the characteristics of rural multifunc‐tionality for evaluating the SRD.The results showed indisputable evidence of multifunctional development.At the county level,rural multifunctionality faces the challenge of insufficient and uneven development,particu‐larly in production functions.Significant spatial differences existed in rural multifunctional development,and the suburban counties generally performed better.Moreover,a mutually reinforcing relationship between pro‐duction,living,and ecological functions was established;however,there was still a significant gap in realizing SRD.Our results emphasize the necessity of a differentiated SRD strategy that should be formulated and imple‐mented based on rural multifunctionality differentiation rules.Our study offers useful guidance for realizing rural multifunctional and sustainable development.
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41971221,42171248)Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Project of Jiangsu Normal University(No.2021XKT0108)Jiangsu Graduate Research and Practice Innovation Program(No.KYCX22_2856,KYCX22_2789)。
文摘The development of rural area in suburban(RAS)is comprehensively influenced by the mixed processes of non-farming,local urbanization and rural industrialization and has distinctive multifunctional features on the socioeconomic and resource utilization.Multifunctional reconstruction in the RAS is mainly manifested by changes in the quantity and structure of the construction land use(CLU).We took Tongshan District of Jiangsu Province as the study case.Following the logic of identifying,clustering,and diagnosing,we assessed the functional features of CLU and analyzed the differentiation of the scale and structure of CLU in RAS,with the aim of identifying the types and characteristics of multifunctional development in these regions.This study found that:1)typical RAS were experiencing multifunctional space reconstruction,and their multifunctional value was emerging and highlighted.The CLU was rapidly expanding,and the types of CLU were evolving from single to multiple uses;2)based on the dominant function of diverse rural CLU,we classified RAS into five types,dominated by the following functions,respectively:commercial services,industrial production,residential living,basic support and public service;3)according to the dominant function and spatial pattern,the development types of RAS were classified into agricultural service,comprehensive services,and integrated industries service,showing a circular spatial pattern from the suburbs to distant suburbs.The results can provide policy implication by creating new development impetus from rural multifunction perspective to promote the RAS revitalization.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41971236。
文摘Rural vitality is the life force expressed by a combination of endogenous dynamics and external influences. Exploring the complex relationship between rural functions, elements and flows could achieve sustainable rural development. This study constructed a theoretical framework guided by the four functions of production, living, ecology and culture with the support of mobile big data. Furthermore, the network centrality of villages was estimated to reflect the intensity of urban-rural social mobility ties. The results indicated marked spatial disparities in rural vitality, and the coupling of ecological-cultural vitality has a high degree of coherence. Four rural vitality grades were identified: high level(38, 14.08%), medium-high level(66, 24.44%), medium-low level(110, 40.74%) and low level(56, 20.74%), covering 270 administrative village units. The flow intensity of social linkage elements is consistent with rural vitality and the socioeconomic spillover effect of urban centers on neighboring villages was noticeable. Topographic complexity negatively affected the living function, mainly in the T1 and T2 terrain gradients;the rural ecological function was not fully correlated with urban adjacency, and proximity could lead to adverse effects such as urban sprawl and resource destruction. The application of this study is to explore the importance of “flow” by utilizing mobile big data to refine the evaluation unit to the village scale. Accelerating the construction of network coverage and information interconnection and promoting the elemental flow of people, transportation and information between urban and rural areas are important ways to enhance rural vitality.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42293270The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA23070302“Kezhen and Bingwei”Young Scientist Program of IGSNRR,No.2022RC001。
文摘Rural development is an important part of national development in China.However,the lack of rural development degree(RDD)changes and divergence analyses limited our understanding for how to promote rural development in different regions.Therefore,this work introduced a rural development assessment index and equal weighting system,consisting of five dimensions and 25 indicators,to investigate provincial RDD and changes in 2015 and 2021.The results showed that national RDD increased from 0.403±0.066 in 2015 to 0.486±0.054 in 2021 and the scores for each of the five dimensions also improved.China's rural areas had a good development foundation,but rural industrial prosperity and wealthy lifestyle were lagging.Targeted rural development policies promoted provincial-level in-creases in these dimensions.The RDD top-ranked provinces were mainly in eastern China.Most of the bottom-ranked provinces were in central and western China.The top-ranked provinces usually had three or four strong dimensions that supported regional rural devel-opment.However,weak performances in all dimensions were usually observed in the bot-tom-ranked provinces,which limited RDD improvements.The bottom-ranked provinces are encouraged to improve their ecological livability,effective governance,and wealthy lifestyle.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42101318National Key Research and Development Program of China,No.2018YFD1100101Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.KFJ-STS-ZDTP-011。
文摘Rural decline has become a global problem.To address this issue,the division of rural functions and identification of driving factors are important means of rural revitalization.Taking the town area as a unit,this study conducts a division and evolution analysis of rural regional functions in Jiangsu province in coastal China by constructing an evaluation system using the spatial econometric model to diagnose endogenous and exogenous driving factors of rural multifunction formation.The results show that the functions of agricultural supply and ecological conservation have decreased,while the functions of economic development and social security have increased.Agricultural production functions are concentrated in northern and central Jiangsu.The economic development function is mainly based on industrial development,and is the strongest in southern Jiangsu.Social security functions are concentrated in suburban area,county centers,and key towns.High-value areas of ecological conservation are concentrated along lakes,the coast,and hilly areas of southern Jiangsu.The multifunctional development of villages and towns is affected by endogenous and exogenous factors,including economic geographic location,natural resources,economic foundation,human capital,traffic conditions,market demand,infrastructure,and environmental governance.Natural factors have a significant impact on the supply of agricultural products and the formation of ecological conservation functions.The effects of socioeconomic factors on these four functions differ significantly.This study expands the theory of rural development functions,the classification and zoning paradigm,and the quantitative study of driving mechanisms.The results provide a reference for practical value and policy significance for the reconstruction of rural functions and rural revitalization.
