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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (7): 1279-1292.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.501

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Spatial and temporal differences and driving forces for high-quality development of urbanization in the Jiziwan metropolitan area of the Yellow River

WU Zhiping1(), JIANG Min1, FU Jianxin2,3,4()   

  1. 1. School of Geographical Sciences, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    2. Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    3. Shanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology Security in Fenhe River Basin, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
    4. Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong 030619, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2024-08-20 Revised:2024-10-24 Online:2025-07-25 Published:2025-07-04
  • Contact: FU Jianxin E-mail:Wuzhiping157@163.com;fujx@163.com

Abstract:

Promoting high-quality urban development in the Jiziwan metropolitan area of the Yellow River is crucial for establishing a significant growth pole within China’s Yellow River Basin. This study focuses on the 15 prefecture-level cities in the Jiziwan metropolitan area, developing a comprehensive evaluation index system for high-quality urbanization based on four dimensions: population, economy, society, and ecology. To analyze the spatial and temporal divergence characteristics and driving forces of high-quality urbanization from 2012 to 2021, the study employs the entropy method, Theil index, standard deviation ellipse, and geographic detector research method. The findings reveal the following. (1) The overall level of high-quality urbanization in the Jiziwan metropolitan area of the Yellow River exhibits a fluctuating upward trend from 2012 to 2021. (2) High-quality urbanization levels in this region shows significant spatial disparities, following a “core-edge” distribution pattern. Overall differences in development levels initially rise before falling, with intra-regional disparities being the primary contributor to overall variances in high-quality urbanization. The standard deviation ellipse indicates a spatial distribution directed from “northeast to southwest”, with its center of gravity located in Ordos City, highlighting notable spatial clustering. (3) The economic base serves as the dominant factor influencing high-quality urbanization, whereas the market environment, government regulatory capacity, and scientific innovation also play critical supporting roles. This study offers theoretical insights and serves as a reference for promoting high-quality urbanization and coordinated regional development in the Jiziwan metropolitan area of the Yellow River.

Key words: high-quality urbanization, quality measurement, spatial and temporal pattern, geographical detector, Jiziwan metropolitan area of the Yellow River