Effects of altitude on county economic development in China

doi:10.1007/s11629-017-4393-0

	Effects of altitude on county economic development in China
	Zhu Fu-biao 1,2; Fang Yi-ping 1,3; Yang Xue-ting 1,2; Qiu Xiao-ping 1,2; Yu Hu 4,5
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2018-02-01
卷号	15 期号:2 页码:406-418
关键词	Mountain region County economy Altitude Vertical differentiation Gravitational potential energy Balanced development
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	10.1007/s11629-017-4393-0
通讯作者	Fang Yi-ping(ypfang@imde.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Mountain regions play an increasingly essential role in global sustainable development, and the related sustainable development issues have attracted increasing attention. There are obvious vertical spatial differentiation phenomena in both natural and socio-economic fields with altitude being a key factor affecting the economic development of mountain regions. However, the exact influence of altitude is still unknown. Based on the county scale, this paper used the gravitational potential energy model to evaluate the effects of altitude on economic development in China. The results indicate that the high-altitude areas were the depression areas of county economic development, and county economic density showed a decreasing trend with the increase of altitude. County economic density respectively decreased by 0.10%, 0.04% and 0.02% with every 1% increase in altitude in 2000, 2005 and 2010. Here we demonstrate that high altitude has negative effect on county economy, although the negative effect presented a downward trend. The results also showed that increasing capital and labor investments could reduce the negative effect of high altitude on county economy. In 2010, with every 1% increase in capital and labor density, county economic density increased by 0.62% and 0.83%, respectively. The effects of altitude were the results of multidimensional factors. The fundamental approach to reduce the negative effects of high altitude is to combine the ecological environment and resources to develop characteristic industries. The construction of infrastructure should be strengthened, which can promote the occurrence of the contra-flow of people, logistics and capital, and promote the balanced development of county economy.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41571523] ; National Science and Technology Support Program[2014BAC05B01] ; National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (973 Program)[2013CBA01808]
WOS关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE ; MOUNTAIN REGIONS ; LAND-USE ; ELEVATION GRADIENTS ; CHANGE PATTERNS ; DEGRADATION ; INDUSTRY ; IMPACT ; FOREST ; NEPAL
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000425160200015
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Science and Technology Support Program ; National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (973 Program)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/56984]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Fang Yi-ping
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu Fu-biao,Fang Yi-ping,Yang Xue-ting,et al. Effects of altitude on county economic development in China[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2018,15(2):406-418.
APA	Zhu Fu-biao,Fang Yi-ping,Yang Xue-ting,Qiu Xiao-ping,&Yu Hu.(2018).Effects of altitude on county economic development in China.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,15(2),406-418.
MLA	Zhu Fu-biao,et al."Effects of altitude on county economic development in China".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 15.2(2018):406-418.