Development level of beautiful and harmonious villages and its influencing factors:A case study of 1230 townships in Gansu Province
Beautiful and harmonious villages(BHVs)are the inevitable direction of rural revitalization and development at a new development stage,and clarifying the spatial differentiation characteristics and driving factors of the development of BHVs is helpful for exploring a new route for sustainable rural development.This study analyzed the concept of BHVs in multiple dimensions,explored the internal logic of BHVs and rural revitalization,and built an analytical framework of"element-process-goal-mechanism"for BHVs.Using the 1230 township units in Gansu Province as an example,this study built a comprehensive evaluation indicator system based on the connotation of the construction of BHVs,calculated and analyzed the development level of BHVs at the township scale,and used geo-detector with optimal parameters to explore the key factors of the development of BHVs.The results show that:1)In 2020,the development level of BHVs was relatively low,and the development level gap between towns was large.There were also differences in the development level of different sub-dimensions,among which the industrial development index was the highest,followed by the beautiful environment index,and the rich village development level was the lowest.The development level of BHVs in different regions also showed large spatial differences.2)There was a relatively obvious spatial agglomeration in the development level of BHVs at the township level,and areas with higher development level had a positive impact on the improvement of the development level of BHVs in neighboring areas.The hotspot areas of BHV development were concentrated in Zhangye,Jiuquan,and some counties in Gannan,while the cold spots were concentrated in Tianshui,Pingliang,Dingxi,Baiyin,and Longnan.3)The development level of BHVs is the result of the comprehensive effect of multiple factors.The development conditions of rural transportation plays an obvious role in promoting the construction of BHVs,and the construction of rural infrastructure has an important effect on advancing the construction of BHVs.The economic and social conditions rooted in the natural geographical background are the"driving key conditions"for the development of BHVs,and the traffic location conditions constrained by the natural geographical conditions are the"guiding basic conditions"for the development of BHVs.
rural constructionbeautiful and harmonious villages(BHVs)township scaleGansu Province