Structure of Spatial Correlation Network and Influencing Factors of Urban-Rural Integration in China
Urban-rural integration is a necessary way to realize the strategy of rural revitalization in the new era,and exploring the characteristics of the spatial correlation network of China's urban-rural integration and its formation mechanism is important for developing a comprehensive understanding of the spatial transmission mechanism of interregional urban-rural integration and provides a new policy perspective for the synergistic enhancement of the urban-rural integration level in each province.Based on China's interprovincial panel data from 2001 to 2021,the entropy method was applied to measure China's interprovincial urban-rural integration level,and the modified gravity model and social network analysis were used to explore the structural characteristics of China's spatial correlation network of urban-rural integration and its influencing factors.The results revealed the following:1)During the study period,the level of China's interprovincial urban-rural integration showed an increasing trend,but the process of improvement was slow.Spatially,it showed a decreasing gradient from east to west,but the gap between the interprovincial urban-rural integration level gradually narrowed,with obvious spatial non-equilibrium.2)China's urban-rural integration spatial association network became increasingly dense,complex,and close,and the main linkage flows of urban-rural integration occurred between geographically neighboring provinces and cities,such as Shanghai-Jiangsu,Shanghai-Zhejiang,and Beijing-Tianjin.The network connection was heterogeneous,and the network showed the characteristic of growth.However,the spatial connection of urban-rural integration did not reach the best level,and there is still much room for improvement.3)Geospatial proximity,differences in the level of economic development,and urbanization had a significant positive effect on the optimization and evolution of the spatial linkage network of urban-rural integration,while differences in agricultural modernization and differences in advanced industrial structure showed a stage-by-stage effect over time.Differences in the scale of financial services did not have a significant effect.Accordingly,this study proposes countermeasures to optimize the spatial correlation network of urban-rural integration in China.Theoretically,it helps to deepen knowledge of the spatial effect and regional transmission of urban-rural integration in the geographical perspective.In practice,optimizing interprovincial urban-rural interaction and promoting cross-regional urban-rural integration development in a scientific and rational way are highly significant.
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