THE SPATIAL PATTERN AND DRIVING FORCES OF POVERTY BETWEEN CENTRAL-CITY AND OUTER-SUBURB IN CHINA
YUAN Yuan1, GU Ye-heng2, XIAO Yang3
1. School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2. Shenzhen Urban Planning and Design Institute, Shenzhen 518028, China;
3. School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Abstract：Under economic-social transition, there is a new spatial pattern of poverty in China recently. Based on the MLSP (Minimum Living Standard Program) recipients' data, this paper aims to explore the changing geographical distribution and differentiation of poverty in Chinese cities between 2008 and 2013. Based on 336 administrative units of prefecture level city and above, it defines two area types of central-city and outersuburb, total numbers of which are 2839 spatial units. Of particular concern in this study is the relative differentiation in poverty distribution between central-city and outer-suburb. Furthermore, a hierarchical linear model (HLM) is developed to explore the driving forces of poverty concentration in China. The results indicate that the poverty rate in outer-suburb is much higher than in central-city. Furthermore, the gradient of poverty rate increases from east to west and decreases as urban size increases. In national level, concentration of poverty has increased in outer suburb in the past five years which is opposite to central-city. In regional level, core-periphery structure of poverty distribution is significantly different between eastern and western China. The growth rate of poverty in central-city is higher than in outer-suburb for some eastern big cities, which is opposite to most of western big cities. In city level, there has been a relative increase in poverty concentration in central-city for eastern big cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The model results show that the increase in poverty concentration in central-city is mainly linked to the change of labor market, while the poverty concentration in outer-suburb is more related to the economic development and strength of the city.
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YUAN Yuan, GU Ye-heng, XIAO Yang. THE SPATIAL PATTERN AND DRIVING FORCES OF POVERTY BETWEEN CENTRAL-CITY AND OUTER-SUBURB IN CHINA. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2017, 32(5): 40-47.
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