Construction and measurement analysis of evaluation index system for rural spatial vitality in mountainous counties
[Objective]This study aims to explore specific paths to improve the vitality of different regional types of rural areas in the context of rural revitalization and common prosperity,so as to provide scientific basis for rural development.[Method]Taking Taishun County in Zhejiang Province as the research object,a rural space vitality index evaluation system was constructed from the dimensions of rural life,ecology,and production vitality.The comprehensive evaluation method was applied to study the spatial differences in the development of rural spatial vitality,and the vertical and horizontal comparison method was used to identify leading and weak vitality of each township(town),and explore differentiated upgrading paths for various types of districts.[Result](1)The spatial differentiation characteristics of rural spatial vitality in Taishun County were obvious,displaying an overall value of high in local areas,and high in the north and low in the south.The vitality level of most townships(towns)was relatively low.The vitality of each subsystem was different.The vitality of rural life,ecology and production space respectively showed the spatial distribution characteristics of locally low,high in the west and low in the east,high in the north and low in the south,locally prominent and high in the surroundings and low in the middle.(2)Based on the dividing principles of leading vitality and weak vitality,Taishun County was divided into four categories:comprehensive development,leading development,polarized development and underdevelopment,and the following vitality promotion strategies were proposed according to different regional types.The comprehensive development type should make full use of their respective advantageous resources to offer targeted assistance and form joint activation between the strong and the weak to promote a leap-forward improvement in rural spatial vitality.The leading development type should give full play to its own advantages and vitality to integrate and coordinate other vitalities.The polarized development should focus on exploring distinctive development path and filling gaps in vitality while enhancing the leading vitality.The underdevelopment type should deeply tap into core resources such as culture and ecology,and clarify the development orientation.[Conclusion]The overall level of rural vitality in Taishun County is low,and each township(town)also has different advantages and disadvantages,reflecting the unbalanced and inadequate development of vitality level.The proposed differentiated upgrading path is expected to have a certain guiding role in achieving rural revitalization and development in Taishun County.[Ch,2 fig.3 tab.26 ref.]