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Arid Land Geography ›› 2026, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (1): 186-197.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.781

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Integration effectiveness evaluation and influencing factors of the poverty alleviation relocation resettlement areas into new-type urbanization in Ningxia

WANG Yajun(), WANG Yifeng   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China
  • Received:2024-12-23 Revised:2025-01-24 Online:2026-01-25 Published:2026-01-18

Abstract:

The relocation initiative for poverty alleviation has been a central component of China’s strategy to eliminate extreme poverty. A key challenge in the post-relocation phase is promoting the effective integration of resettlement communities into the process of new-type urbanization, a transition that marks the shift from ensuring basic subsistence to pursuing high-quality and sustainable development. Drawing on field survey data collected from 662 relocated households in poverty alleviation resettlement communities in Ningxia of China between December 2023 and March 2024, this study develops an evaluation index system to measure the effectiveness of this integration. Using the criteria importance through intercriteria correlation weighting method, we conducted a comprehensive assessment and identified the principal influencing factors. The findings indicate the following: (1) The overall integration effectiveness score for Ningxia’s resettlement communities is 0.6320, which corresponds to a “good” level of integration. Nevertheless, the combination of a relatively low score and s high indicator weight for economic benefits highlights the persistent difficulties associated with economic restructuring within the broader urbanization process. (2) Integration outcomes are driven by multidimensional factors. Policy perception, community governance, social capital, and technology-enabled agricultural gains emerge as the most influential determinants, while individual and household characteristics exert comparatively limited effects. (3) Statistically significant but moderate regional differences exist across the five prefecture-level cities in Ningxia (range value: 0.1239). The hierarchical ranking of integration effectiveness is Wuzhong City>Zhongwei City>Yinchuan City>Guyuan City>Shizuishan City, with Wuzhong City consistently outperforming other regions across all evaluation dimensions. (4) The heterogeneous impacts of key determinants on specific integration dimensions reflect their distinct mechanisms of action within the urbanization process. Among resettlement models, centralized resettlement shows a clear advantage, proving more conducive to achieving high-quality urbanization transformation. Overall, the study contributes empirical evidence on the transitional challenges facing relocated households and highlights the importance of governance capacity, social embeddedness, and technological empowerment in ensuring sustainable integration into new-type urbanization.

Key words: relocation for poverty alleviation, integration into new-type urbanization, effect evaluation, influencing factors, CRITIC weighting method