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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY  2020, Vol. 35 Issue (4): 1-8,138    DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2020.04.001
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RURAL TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND AREAL SYSTEM IN CHINA
ZHAO Peng-jun, HU Hao-yu, YU Zhao
College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Abstract  Optimization of rural areal system is one of the key points of rural spatial planning. Transportation is an important part of the formation of rural areal system. It is also a key indicator of the characteristics of rural areal system. This paper identifies and analyses the characteristics of rural areal system in China from the perspective of residents' travel behavior by using the survey data of rural residents in the national survey of small towns conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Construction in 2016. The results show that the village-town-county hierarchical system still dominates the countryside in China, which is a general characteristic. With the improvement of rural traffic network in some areas, the increase of villagers' car ownership and the extension of urban public transport to rural areas, the acceptance range of villagers' travel space cost is increasing. From the point of view of travel purposes, agricultural production and material supply are still dominated by village-town-county level. Towns are also the main shopping places for villagers. However, medical activities, entertainment and other activities between village and county are relatively more frequent, especially for residents living in developed areas in East China or residents living closer to the county or city. It shows that the township level in our country does not provide medical services that satisfy the villagers' trust at present. Nearly half of the surveyed villagers do not consume entertainment activities, which indicates that the function of providing entertainment activities may be lacking rural China. In addition, the survey data show that travel time of different purposes are maintained in 20 minutes, forming a 20-minute rural life circle. The average travel distance of residents with different travel purposes is significantly different, which confirms that different functions have different service space ranges. The service range of entertainment function is the largest, while the service range of catch-up function is the smallest. With the popularization of cars in countryside and the further improvement of rural road network, the travel range of rural residents is increasing.
Key wordsrural areal system      transportation      travel behavior      spatial planning      rural facilities planning     
Received: 09 October 2019     
PACS: K901  
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ZHAO Peng-jun,HU Hao-yu,YU Zhao. RURAL TRAVEL BEHAVIOR AND AREAL SYSTEM IN CHINA[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2020, 35(4): 1-8,138.
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