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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (9): 1672-1682.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.537

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Spatial distribution characteristics and obstacle factors of relative poverty in Xinjiang

RUI Dongsheng1,2(), MAO Lu1,2, REN Yanxia1,2, GONG Haoxuan1,2, LI Yanping1,2, FU Zhicong1,2()   

  1. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, Xinjiang, China
    2. Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Public Health Security, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Shihezi 832000, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2024-09-09 Revised:2024-11-07 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-09-17
  • Contact: FU Zhicong E-mail:ruidongsheng@shzu.edu.cn;15770189555@163.com

Abstract:

This study described the spatial distribution of poverty in Xinjiang of China, analyzed obstacles related to it, determined its spatial differentiation mechanism, and identified the effects of poverty reduction to formulate antipoverty strategies. Data from 14 prefectures and cities in Xinjiang ranging from 2016 to 2021 were selected as research objects. The TOPSIS model and the method of entropy were used to evaluate relative poverty, spatial autocorrelation was used to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of relative poverty, and the obstacle degree model and geodetector were used to analyze the driving factors for prefectural relative poverty. The results showed that: (1) The relative poverty distribution across the 14 prefectures and cities in Xinjiang exhibited significant spatial differentiation and clustering. Areas having higher poverty risks are primarily concentrated in the southern regions of Xinjiang, namely, Aksu Prefecture, Kashgar Prefecture, Hotan Prefecture, and Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, along with Altay Prefecture in northern Xinjiang. (2) The analysis of the degree of obstacle found that factors such as per capita sowing area, per capita total power of agricultural machinery, and average wage of nonprivate employees had significant effects on the risk of relative poverty in Xinjiang. Economic and manpower factor development levels were the main drivers of spatial poverty. (3) The spatial distribution of the relative poverty level was an outcome of the interaction among various influencing factors, with an obvious “barrel effect” existing among them. The interaction between social and other factors will enhance the influence on relative poverty. Hence, for the sustainable development of the regional economy, precise poverty alleviation and poverty reduction policies have played a role in promoting equalization in the space of development opportunities.

Key words: relative poverty, TOPSIS model, spatial autocorrelation, obstacle degree model, Xinjiang