Interlinkages among County-Level Construction Indicators and Related Sustainable Development Goals in China

Jiawei Zhong () and Xun Li
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Jiawei Zhong: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Xun Li: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: Counties are the fundamental platforms of urban–rural integration in China. Indicators at the county level, however, are insufficiently investigated for their interlinkage with each other. This study focuses on the indicators in the China Statistical Yearbook (county level) and China County Seat Construction Statistical Yearbook based on the classification of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Average weighted degree and modularity are adopted to reveal the indicators with high connections to others, as well as the trends of indicator connections and network divisions as the total index increases. Construction indicators regarding green space, water supply and wastewater treatment are found to be most influential in the indicator correlation network. The inverted U curve of modularity indicates that a county may encounter a bottleneck when the total index is at the middle level, as the indicators become more isolated. This study also compares the results with those in the Sustainable Development Report 2020 and Rural Construction Evaluation Report 2020 to verify the findings at the county/county-seat level. Additional indicators regarding public services and environment protection are required in further statistics to track the comprehensive performance of SDGs at this level.

Keywords: sustainable development goals; network analysis; county construction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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