On integrated urban and rural development

doi:10.1007/s11442-022-2003-8

摘要/Abstract

Abstract:

Cities and the countryside have long been an inseparable organic whole. China’s new model of high-quality urbanization requires integrated urban and rural development and rural vitalization. Problems inherent to urban areas are caused by problems inherent to rural areas, and vice versa. Such problems are closely linked, and the compound each other to create “urban-rural problems.” As such, rural vitalization is necessary to prevent problems associated with growing cities, and the new model of urbanization is required to prevent problems in rural areas. Based on a review of domestic and foreign research on integrated urban and rural development, this study analyzes the root causes of persistent urban and rural problems and their counterposing patterns on a theoretical level; analyzes the main factors and driving mechanisms as well as the underlying pattern and sustainability of integrated urban and rural development; constructs a measurement test for integrated urban and rural development; and proposes a triangular model of integrated urban and rural development. It confirms that China’s integrated urban and rural development is in the late period of urbanization, which features a high degree of integration and more urban areas and fewer rural areas. Subsequently, it will enter the final period of urbanization and a stage of deep integration, with more urban and fewer rural areas. In the future, it will be necessary to implement a strategy of deeply integrated urban and rural development and use new urbanization and rural vitalization to solve urban-rural problems and improve the quality of urban and rural development. New theories and methods of integrated urban and rural development will need to be created and an evaluation system to judge quantitatively the depth of integrated urban and rural development will need to be established, in order to create desirable urban and rural areas. Future efforts should aim to develop greater synchronization, deeper integration, and mutual success between the new model of urbanization and rural vitalization, so as to improve the high-quality development of, and modernize, both urban and rural areas.

Key words: integrated urban and rural development, driving mechanism, law of evolution, theoretical analysis

. [J]. 地理学报(英文版), 2022, 32(8): 1411-1426.

FANG Chuanglin. On integrated urban and rural development[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022, 32(8): 1411-1426.

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Integration attribute	Integrated urban and rural development aim	Integrated urban and rural development method
High efficiency	Sustainable development of the economy	Build an urban-rural integrated economic system with smart growth, mutual benefit, and high-quality development
Low carbon	Sustainable lower-emission development	Build low-carbon cities, low-carbon villages and low-carbon communities, and advocate low-carbon consumption, low-carbon transportation and low-carbon society
Ecology	Sustainable development of ecology	Build ecological cities, beautiful cities and a beautiful countryside, and protect urban and rural ecological environment
Environmental protection	Sustainable development of the environment	Build environmentally friendly cities and villages, and simultaneously and efficiently control urban and rural environmental pollution
Conservation	Sustainable development of resources	Build water-, energy-, land-, and material-saving cities and villages, build a resource-saving urban-rural economic system, and ensure the efficient flow and sustainable utilization of urban and rural resources
Innovation	Sustainable development of science and technology	Build innovative cities, promote the integration of urban and rural scientific and technological development, and build a scientific and technological innovation system with deep urban and rural integration
Intelligence	Sustainable development of knowledge	Build digital cities, smart cities, smart communities and digital villages, and form a smart urban and rural construction system
Safety	Sustainable development of society	Build safe cities and safe villages, and build a security system that integrates urban and rural areas