Spatial pattern and driving factors of migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from short-distance and long-distance population migrants

doi:10.1007/s11442-021-1843-y

	Spatial pattern and driving factors of migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from short-distance and long-distance population migrants
	Qi Wei 1,2,4; Yi Jiawei 1,3,4
刊名	JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
	2021-02-01
卷号	31 期号:2 页码:215-230
关键词	migration migrants spatial pattern driving factors Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
ISSN号	1009-637X
DOI	10.1007/s11442-021-1843-y
通讯作者	Yi Jiawei(yijw@lreis.ac.cn)
英文摘要	As one of the most ecologically sensitive issues in the world, migration now plays an important role in population growth on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. To promote sustainable development in the world's third pole, it is necessary to investigate population migration on the Plateau. Using 2010 census data, a spatial database of county-level migrants on the Plateau was constructed, and migrants were divided into short-distance and long-distance migrants according to the hukou-registered origins. Measuring migration intensity allowed the spatial pattern of population migration on the Plateau to be ascertained. The driving factors were identified using spatial regression models, and the main conclusions are as follows: (1) In 2010, there were 1.23 million inter-county migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the overall migration intensity reached 10.50%. There existed significant spatial differences in population migration intensity on the Plateau at that time, and the provincial or prefectural capitals were attractive destinations for migrants. Northwestern Qinghai, which boasted mining industries, constituted a significant spatial cluster with a relatively high migration intensity. However, most areas on the Plateau attracted relatively few migrants, especially in western and northern parts of Tibet, which were sparsely populated and uninhabitable. (2) There were 0.95 million short-distance migrants and 0.28 million long-distance migrants. The short-distance migration intensity was 8.14%, while the long-distance migration intensity was only 2.36%. Short-distance migration was the main form of population migration, with a pattern similar to the layout of overall population migration intensity. Only a few county-level units strongly attracted long-distance migrants, which were mostly distributed in northwestern Qinghai. (3) Economic factors were considered fundamental drivers for migrants to live on the Plateau. Destinations with high levels of economic development and more opportunities in non-agricultural jobs proved more attractive for migrants. For short-distance migrants, urbanization level also proved a considerable driving factor for in-migration. However, long-distance migrants were mainly affected by the job chances of the secondary industry on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE)[XDA20040401] ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP)[2019QZKK1005] ; National Natural Sciences Foundation of China[41701165]
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000635936200003
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE) ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) ; National Natural Sciences Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/161970]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Yi Jiawei
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qi Wei,Yi Jiawei. Spatial pattern and driving factors of migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from short-distance and long-distance population migrants[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,2021,31(2):215-230.
APA	Qi Wei,&Yi Jiawei.(2021).Spatial pattern and driving factors of migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from short-distance and long-distance population migrants.JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES,31(2),215-230.
MLA	Qi Wei,et al."Spatial pattern and driving factors of migrants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Insights from short-distance and long-distance population migrants".JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES 31.2(2021):215-230.