Urbanization patterns and poverty reduction: A new perspective to explore the countries along the Belt and Road

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.12.001

	Urbanization patterns and poverty reduction: A new perspective to explore the countries along the Belt and Road
	Chen, Mingxing 1,2; Sui, Yuwen 1,2; Liu, Weidong 1,2; Liu, Hui 1,2; Huang, Yaohuan 1,2
刊名	HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
	2019-02-01
卷号	84 页码:1-14
关键词	Urbanization Characteristic Pattern Poverty reduction GIS The Belt and Road
ISSN号	0197-3975
DOI	10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.12.001
通讯作者	Sui, Yuwen(suiyw.l6s@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Urbanization and poverty reduction are two vital aspects for global sustainable and healthy development. In the future, the countries along the Belt and Road will play a more important role in global urbanization and poverty reduction. Therefore, this paper aims at elaborating the characteristics and patterns of urbanization and poverty reduction in these countries using data from 1996 to 2016. The results indicate that the average urbanization level is 48% in 2016 and the average annual growth rate of these countries is 0.61 percentage points between 1996 and 2016. In addition, West Asian and Middle Eastern countries have a higher level of urbanization, while ultra-high-speed and high-speed development countries are primarily Southeast Asian countries and China. Furthermore, these countries differentiate significantly in terms of spatial distribution of population density. Regions with a population density of 0-1 person per square kilometer account for 33% of the total area and 0.09% of the total population, while regions with a population density of over 1000 people per square kilometer account for 1.45% of the total area and 39.56% of the total population. Moreover, using mathematical morphology methods, we identify the 10 regions with the largest urban land areas among these countries, and seven regions are located in China and Southeast Asia. Finally, the population living in extreme poverty in these countries dropped from 1.17 billion to 355.6 million during the 20-year period, and several countries, such as China, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Mongolia, have made tremendous progress both in urbanization and poverty reduction. These findings are beneficial for comprehending urban development and poverty reduction in the countries along the Belt and Road as well as for providing references for regional cooperation.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41822104] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41671125] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20080000]
WOS关键词	CHINA BELT ; UNITED-STATES ; GROWTH ; URBAN ; LAND ; MOTIVATION ; AREA
WOS研究方向	Development Studies ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public Administration ; Urban Studies
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000459363900001
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/49465]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Sui, Yuwen
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Mingxing,Sui, Yuwen,Liu, Weidong,et al. Urbanization patterns and poverty reduction: A new perspective to explore the countries along the Belt and Road[J]. HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,2019,84:1-14.
APA	Chen, Mingxing,Sui, Yuwen,Liu, Weidong,Liu, Hui,&Huang, Yaohuan.(2019).Urbanization patterns and poverty reduction: A new perspective to explore the countries along the Belt and Road.HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,84,1-14.
MLA	Chen, Mingxing,et al."Urbanization patterns and poverty reduction: A new perspective to explore the countries along the Belt and Road".HABITAT INTERNATIONAL 84(2019):1-14.