Accessibility of Primary Schools in Rural Areas and the Impact of Topography: A Case Study in Nanjiang County, China | |
Zhu, Yuanyuan2,3; Zinda, John Aloysius1; Liu, Qin3; Wang, Yukuan3; Fu, Bin3; Li, Ming3 | |
刊名 | LAND |
2023-06-01 | |
卷号 | 12期号:6页码:18 |
关键词 | accessibility education policy primary school spatial justice rural development |
ISSN号 | 2073-445X |
DOI | 10.3390/land12061134 |
英文摘要 | In recent years, many developing countries have consolidated rural primary schools, closed small community schools, and enlarged centralized schools, which can reduce the accessibility of education to many communities. Meanwhile, expanding road networks may enable people in far-flung communities to access schools more easily. To evaluate the impacts of both trends on spatial justice in access to education, it is important to examine spatial patterns of primary school accessibility and their predictors. How do the topographic features of villages and surrounding landscapes correlate with primary school accessibility in rural upland areas? Using a digital map route planning application, this study evaluates the primary school accessibility of each village in Nanjiang County, a mountainous county in southwest China. By evaluating relationships between primary school accessibility and village characteristics, this study provides evidence corroborating frequent claims that rural remote mountainous areas have poor primary school accessibility. Additionally, by analyzing the effects of elevation and ruggedness of villages and of the zone between villages and schools as well as the mechanisms driving these effects, we find that, contrary to expectations, with increasing village elevation, a village's primary school accessibility first decreases and then increases. The ruggedness of the terrain upon which a village is built has no significant effect. The ruggedness of the zone between a village and its nearest school exerts significant effects. These findings demonstrate that the two policies have created a pattern of spatial injustice that disadvantages peripheral villages, illustrating the need to attend to topography in efforts to provide equitable school access in rural mountainous areas. |
资助项目 | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA23090501] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[2021375] |
WOS关键词 | POVERTY ; COMMUNITY ; EDUCATION ; STRATEGY ; JUSTICE ; EQUITY ; ACCESS |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | MDPI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001015287700001 |
资助机构 | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/57554] |
专题 | 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山区发展研究中心 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Yukuan |
作者单位 | 1.Cornell Univ, Coll Agr & Life Sci, Dept Global Dev, 251A Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, 19 A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100000, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, 189 QunXianNan St, Chengdu 610213, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhu, Yuanyuan,Zinda, John Aloysius,Liu, Qin,et al. Accessibility of Primary Schools in Rural Areas and the Impact of Topography: A Case Study in Nanjiang County, China[J]. LAND,2023,12(6):18. |
APA | Zhu, Yuanyuan,Zinda, John Aloysius,Liu, Qin,Wang, Yukuan,Fu, Bin,&Li, Ming.(2023).Accessibility of Primary Schools in Rural Areas and the Impact of Topography: A Case Study in Nanjiang County, China.LAND,12(6),18. |
MLA | Zhu, Yuanyuan,et al."Accessibility of Primary Schools in Rural Areas and the Impact of Topography: A Case Study in Nanjiang County, China".LAND 12.6(2023):18. |
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