scholarly journals What constrains impoverished rural regions: A case study of Henan Province in central China

2022 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 102477
Author(s):  
Wenhao Wu ◽  
Yuheng Li ◽  
Yansui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Henan Province ◽  
Central China ◽  
Rural Regions

Prehistoric Human Activities and its Environmental Background in Central China: A Case Study in Henan Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 448-452
Author(s):  
Zhong Xuan Li ◽  
Guo Xi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Distribution Density ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Central China ◽  
Growth Type ◽  
Climate Fluctuations ◽  
Environmental Background ◽  
Early And Middle Holocene

Based on amount change and distribution density of the Neolithic sites in Henan Province, these sites are divided into three types: (1)the Growth type. This type is mainly located in Luoyang Basin where the landform was convenient for millet-farming and settlement-clustering. (2) the Atrophy type. It mainly sits in the Nanyang Basin in which was a transition zone for cultural exchange. And (3) is the Oscillation type. This type distributes around the area of Yinghe-Ruhe River downstream with low land and frequent floods, which affected the amounts of sites in respond to series climate fluctuations in the early and middle Holocene. Comparatively, the unique terrain environment and water networks in the Luoyang Basin heralded the earliest civilized fruit in China and to be the cradle of early cultural transmission.

scholarly journals Rural-Spatial Restructuring Promoted by Land-Use Transitions: A Case Study of Zhulin Town in Central China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Dong Han ◽  
Jiajun Qiao ◽  
Qiankun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Central China ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
Spatial Restructuring ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
The Impact

Rural-spatial restructuring involves the spatial mapping of the current rural development process. The transformation of land-use morphologies, directly or indirectly, affects the practice of rural restructuring. Analyzing this process in terms of the dominant morphology and recessive morphology is helpful for better grasping the overall picture of rural-spatial restructuring. Accordingly, this paper took Zhulin Town in Central China as a case study area. We propose a method for studying rural-spatial restructuring based on changes in the dominant and recessive morphologies of land use. This process was realized by analyzing the distribution and functional suitability of ecological-production-living (EPL) spaces based on land-use types, data on land-use changes obtained over a 30-year observation period, and in-depth research. We found that examining rural-spatial restructuring by matching the distribution of EPL spaces with their functional suitability can help to avoid the misjudgment of the restructuring mode caused by the consideration of the distribution and structural changes in quantity, facilitating greater understanding of the process of rural-spatial restructuring. Although the distribution and quantitative structure of Zhulin’s EPL spaces have changed to differing degrees, ecological- and agricultural-production spaces still predominate, and their functional suitability has gradually increased. The spatial distribution and functional suitability of Zhulin are generally well matched, with 62.5% of the matched types being high-quality growth, and the positive effect of Zhulin’s spatial restructuring over the past 30 years has been significant. We found that combining changes in EPL spatial area and quantity as well as changes in functional suitability is helpful in better understanding the impact of the national macro-policy shift regarding rural development. Sustaining the positive spatial restructuring of rural space requires the timely adjustment of local actors in accordance with the needs of macroeconomic and social development, and a good rural-governance model is essential.

scholarly journals Measuring Dynamic Changes in the Spatial Pattern and Connectivity of Surface Waters Based on Landscape and Graph Metrics: A Case Study of Henan Province in Central China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 471
Author(s):  
Bo Mu ◽  
Guohang Tian ◽  
Gengyu Xin ◽  
Miao Hu ◽  
Panpan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Central China ◽  
Node Degree ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Stepping Stones ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Graph Metrics

An understanding of the scientific layout of surface water space is crucial for the sustainable development of human society and the ecological environment. The objective of this study was to use land-use/land-cover data to identify the spatiotemporal dynamic change processes and the influencing factors over the past three decades in Henan Province, central China. Multidisciplinary theories (landscape ecology and graph theory) and methods (GIS spatial analysis and SPSS correlation analysis) were used to quantify the dynamic changes in surface water pattern and connectivity. Our results revealed that the water area decreased significantly during the periods of 1990–2000 and 2010–2018 due to a decrease in tidal flats and linear waters, but increased significantly in 2000–2010 due to an increase in patchy waters. Human construction activities, socioeconomic development and topography were the key factors driving the dynamics of water pattern and connectivity. The use of graph metrics (node degree, betweenness centrality, and delta probability of connectivity) in combination with landscape metrics (Euclidean nearest-neighbor distance) can help establish the parameters of threshold distance between connected habitats, identify hubs and stepping stones, and determine the relatively important water patches that require priority protection or development.

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