Assessment of municipal infrastructure development and its critical influencing factors in urban China: A FA and STIRPAT approach

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181917

	Assessment of municipal infrastructure development and its critical influencing factors in urban China: A FA and STIRPAT approach
	Li, Yu 1,2; Zheng, Ji 1,2; Li, Fei 1,2; Jin, Xueting 1,2; Xu, Chen 1,2
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2017-08-07
卷号	12 期号:8 页码:14
ISSN号	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0181917
通讯作者	Li, Fei(lifcas@gmail.com)
英文摘要	Municipal infrastructure is a fundamental facility for the normal operation and development of an urban city and is of significance for the stable progress of sustainable urbanization around the world, especially in developing countries. Based on the municipal infrastructure data of the prefecture-level cities in China, municipal infrastructure development is assessed comprehensively using a FA (factor analysis) model, and then the stochastic model STIRPAT (stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence and technology) is examined to investigate key factors that influence municipal infrastructure of cities in various stages of urbanization and economy. This study indicates that the municipal infrastructure development in urban China demonstrates typical characteristics of regional differentiation, in line with the economic development pattern. Municipal infrastructure development in cities is primarily influenced by income, industrialization and investment. For China and similar developing countries under transformation, national public investment remains the primary driving force of economy as well as the key influencing factor of municipal infrastructure. Contribution from urbanization and the relative consumption level, and the tertiary industry is still scanty, which is a crux issue for many developing countries under transformation. With economic growth and the transformation requirements, the influence of the conventional factors such as public investment and industrialization on municipal infrastructure development would be expected to decline, meanwhile, other factors like the consumption and tertiary industry driven model and the innovation society can become key contributors to municipal infrastructure sustainability.
资助项目	State Basic Science Key Project of China[2007FY110300] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41271186] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41301642] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41271556]
WOS关键词	SOLID-WASTE MANAGEMENT ; DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES ; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ; WATER ; SYSTEM ; MODEL ; CONSTRUCTION ; SUSTAINABILITY ; SANITATION ; CHALLENGES
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
WOS记录号	WOS:000406998800012
资助机构	State Basic Science Key Project of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/61365]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Fei
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Yu,Zheng, Ji,Li, Fei,et al. Assessment of municipal infrastructure development and its critical influencing factors in urban China: A FA and STIRPAT approach[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(8):14.
APA	Li, Yu,Zheng, Ji,Li, Fei,Jin, Xueting,&Xu, Chen.(2017).Assessment of municipal infrastructure development and its critical influencing factors in urban China: A FA and STIRPAT approach.PLOS ONE,12(8),14.
MLA	Li, Yu,et al."Assessment of municipal infrastructure development and its critical influencing factors in urban China: A FA and STIRPAT approach".PLOS ONE 12.8(2017):14.