Regional Features and National Differences in Population Distribution in China’s Border Regions (2000–2015)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Selection and Processing
2.2. Research Methods
2.2.1. Geographical Range Definition of China’s Border Regions
2.2.2. Population Agglomeration Index
2.2.3. Relative Population Change
3. Results
3.1. The Basic Population Distribution in China’s Border Areas
3.2. Comparative Analysis of Population Distribution in China’s Border Areas
3.3. Geographic Changes in Population Distribution in China’s Border Areas
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Border | Type of Population Change | Population | Land | Changes in Population from 2000 to 2015 | |||||
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Total (10,000) | Proportion (%) | Areas (104 km2) | Proportion (%) | Changes in Total (10,000) | Proportion (%) | ||||
Inside China’s border | Population decline areas | Substantial population decline areas | 3039.68 | 33.6 | 37.95 | 9.29 | 1897.84 | 1757.89 | 92.63 |
Moderate population decline areas | 201.03 | 2.22 | 78.49 | 19.21 | 139.95 | 7.37 | |||
Population growth areas | Moderate population growth areas | 3524.77 | 38.97 | 49.42 | 12.1 | 2584.31 | 718.85 | 27.82 | |
Substantial population growth areas | 2279.95 | 25.21 | 7.34 | 1.8 | 1865.46 | 72.18 | |||
No man’s land | / | 235.3 | 57.6 | ||||||
Outside China’s border | Population decline areas | Substantial population decline areas | 4457.54 | 22.26 | 27.12 | 6.01 | 3418.14 | 3342.59 | 97.79 |
Moderate population decline areas | 222.26 | 1.11 | 42.56 | 9.42 | 75.55 | 2.21 | |||
Population growth areas | Moderate population growth areas | 269.4 | 1.35 | 43.74 | 9.69 | 6961.04 | 32.89 | 0.47 | |
Substantial population growth areas | 15,076.49 | 75.29 | 38.15 | 8.45 | 6928.15 | 99.53 | |||
No man’s land | / | 300.08 | 66.44 |
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You, Z.; Feng, Z.; Lei, Y.; Yang, Y.; Li, F. Regional Features and National Differences in Population Distribution in China’s Border Regions (2000–2015). Sustainability 2017, 9, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030336
You Z, Feng Z, Lei Y, Yang Y, Li F. Regional Features and National Differences in Population Distribution in China’s Border Regions (2000–2015). Sustainability. 2017; 9(3):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030336
Chicago/Turabian StyleYou, Zhen, Zhiming Feng, Yalin Lei, Yanzhao Yang, and Fangzhou Li. 2017. "Regional Features and National Differences in Population Distribution in China’s Border Regions (2000–2015)" Sustainability 9, no. 3: 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030336