China's Special Poor Areas and Their Geographical Conditions

doi:10.3390/su13158636

	China's Special Poor Areas and Their Geographical Conditions
	Xu, Xin 1,2; Wang, Chengjin 1,2; Ma, Shiping 1,2; Zhang, Wenzhong 1,2
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2021-08-01
卷号	13 期号:15 页码:15
关键词	special poor areas contiguous areas geographical conditions China
DOI	10.3390/su13158636
通讯作者	Wang, Chengjin(cjwang@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Special functional areas and poor areas tend to spatially overlap, and poverty is a common feature of both. Special poor areas, taken as a kind of "policy space," have attracted the interest of researchers and policymakers around the world. This study proposes a basic concept of special poor areas and uses this concept to develop a method to identify them. Poor counties in China are taken as the basic research unit and overlaps in spatial attributes including old revolutionary bases, borders, ecological degradation, and ethnic minorities, are used to identify special poor areas. The authors then analyze their basic quantitative structure and pattern of distribution to determine the geographical bases' formation and development. The results show that 304 counties in China, covering a vast territory of 12 contiguous areas that contain a small population, are lagging behind the rest of the country. These areas are characterized by rich energy and resource endowments, important ecological functions, special historical status, and concentrated poverty. They are considered "special poor" for geographical reasons such as a relatively harsh natural geographical environment, remote location, deteriorating ecological environment, and an inadequate infrastructure network and public service system. Some areas suffer from underdevelopment and even lack the infrastructure for basic living. In order to prevent further deterioration of the economic, social, and ecological environments in these areas, targeted policies need to be implemented.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[42071151] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20010101]
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000682288300001
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/311030/164719]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Chengjin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Xin,Wang, Chengjin,Ma, Shiping,et al. China's Special Poor Areas and Their Geographical Conditions[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2021,13(15):15.
APA	Xu, Xin,Wang, Chengjin,Ma, Shiping,&Zhang, Wenzhong.(2021).China's Special Poor Areas and Their Geographical Conditions.SUSTAINABILITY,13(15),15.
MLA	Xu, Xin,et al."China's Special Poor Areas and Their Geographical Conditions".SUSTAINABILITY 13.15(2021):15.