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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (9): 1683-1693.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.545

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Measurement and spatial-temporal differentiation of rural revitalization development level in Gansu Province based on county scale

LIU Yixin1,2(), PEI Tingting1(), CHEN Ying1, XIE Baopeng1   

  1. 1. College of Management, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
    2. Natural Resources Planning and Research Institute of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2024-09-12 Revised:2024-12-01 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-09-17
  • Contact: PEI Tingting E-mail:1073323120327@st.gsau.edu.cn;peitt@gsau.edu.cn

Abstract:

Rural revitalization is a key strategic measure for China to achieve the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country. Drawing on the connotation of the rural revitalization strategy, this paper constructs an evaluation index system to measure the level of rural revitalization development. It uses the entropy method to assess the rural revitalization development level of 85 counties (districts) in Gansu Province, China, from 2013 to 2022 and utilizes the Dagum coefficient and kernel density estimation to analyze regional differences in rural revitalization. The results indicate that: (1) The overall level of rural revitalization and development in Gansu Province is on the rise, with the most significant growth being observed in industrial prosperity and ecological livability. (2) The level of rural revitalization and development among counties in Gansu Province exhibits a pattern of spatial distribution characterized by being high in the northwest and low in the southeast. High-level areas are concentrated in the Hexi region, and low-level areas are primarily located in the Hedong region. (3) The overall Dagum coefficient for the level of rural revitalization demonstrates a fluctuating trend downward, with interregional differences marking the primary source of these regional disparities. Levels of rural revitalization and development of the 85 counties in Gansu Province show a gradual trend of convergence, indicating a certain degree of stability. These findings support the proposal that rural revitalization and development efforts in Gansu Province formulate precise policies tailored to local conditions to promote coordinated regional rural revitalization.

Key words: rural revitalization, development levels, spatial-temporal differentiation, county, Gansu Province