Identification and Optimization of the Spatial Structure of Urban and Rural Settlements from a Hierarchical Network Perspective

Qingqing Ye, Jiwei Li, Xuesong Kong and Shaokai Zhang
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Qingqing Ye: School of Engineering Management and Real Estate, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Jiwei Li: School of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Xuesong Kong: School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Shaokai Zhang: Geophysical and Spatial Information Institute of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450009, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-21

Abstract: China has entered a new era of comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization and integrated urban–rural development. The identification and optimization of the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements are of great significance to the realization of rural revitalization and integrated urban–rural development. This study proposes a method framework for identifying and optimizing the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements from a hierarchical network perspective. This framework includes three parts—namely, the identification, analysis, and optimization of the hierarchical network structure of these settlements. The identification of this structure is the foundation of this study. To realize the identification, for each settlement, this study finds and retains its strongest interaction with other settlements which have a stronger capacity for development. This study used Hua County in Henan, China, as an example to verify the method framework. Results showed that the spatial structure of the urban and rural settlements in Hua County identified in this study was complete and continuous, with significant hierarchical and community characteristics. Based on this, a five-level optimization system of these settlements was constructed. This study expands the method used to study the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements from the network perspective and has a theoretical and practical significance for the optimization of the spatial structure of these settlements.

Keywords: urban and rural settlements; spatial structure; hierarchical network; gravity model; Hua County; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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