Spatio-temporal patterns and response processes of the integrated development of urban and rural regional functions in the Yangtze River Economic Belt
The integrated development of urban and rural regional functions is a key pathway to alleviate conflicts in territorial space.It is essential to explore the theoretical mechanisms behind the integration of urban and rural regional functions.This study employed entropy weight TOPSIS,kernel density estimation,and an integrated development degree model to analyze the spatio-temporal patterns of urban and rural regional functions in 130 cities along China′s Yangtze River Economic Belt.A bivariate spatial autocorrelation mod-el was used to identify response processes.The results showed that:① In the Yangtze River Economic Belt,urban and rural regional functions were on the rise,with urban functions forming a'point-cluster-plane'distribution and rural functions exhibiting a clustered distribution with prominent geographical gradient differentiation from upstream to downstream regions.② The integration of urban and rural functions in these cities evolved from transitional integration to enhancement-oriented integration,with the level of integrated de-velopment being higher in downstream regions than midstream and upstream regions.The pattern evolved from centering around major cities to focusing on core urban agglomerations,exacerbating polarization between the east and west and widening intra-provincial dis-parities.③ The mutual development between urban and rural functions was significantly strengthened,undergoing stages of demand in-tegration,guided integration,and spontaneous integration and showing a spiral upward trend from transitional to enhanced and then to optimized integration.Based on these findings,the study suggests that:① Upstream regions should seize policy-driven development op-portunities to attract capital,technology,and labor-intensive industries from downstream regions,concentrating resources to comprehen-sively promote rural revitalization and dual enhancement of urban and rural functions.② Midstream regions should focus on promoting urban and rural integrated development,strengthening the radiating effects of regional central cities like Wuhan,Changsha,and Nan-chang to drive rural function development.③ Downstream regions need to facilitate the gradual shift of production and living activities from urban to rural areas,promote rural land circulation,and scale agricultural production and operations in order to promote high-qual-ity integration of urban and rural regional functions.
regional functionintergrated development of urban and rural areasspatio-temporal patternresponse processYangtze River Economic Belt
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