HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2025, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (5): 207-214.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2025.05.032

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County-level multi-dimensional evaluation on the quality of urban-rural integration development in Xinjiang from the perspective of spatial justice

WU Wen-jie1, FU Xue1, CHEN Qiao1, Ayetiguli Sidike1, Alimujiang Tusiyiti1, ZHAO Yan-mei1,2   

  1. 1. School of Public Administration, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China;
    2. School of Business, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
  • Received:2024-05-07 Online:2025-05-25 Published:2025-06-11

Abstract: Based on Marx’s theory of spatial justice, a multidimensional evaluation system for the quality of urban-rural integrated development was comprehensively constructed. The political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological integration development qualities across 83 counties in Xinjiang were analyzed and measured. The types of urban - rural integration were classified, and the realization mechanisms and pathways for achieving fair and autonomous socio - economic spatial integration between urban and rural areas were explored. The results showed that there were significant disparities in the Gini coefficients of population-public service resource allocation across the study area, and the per capita availability of public service resources did not fully align with the Gini coefficients.The overall spatial accessibility of public transportation remained relatively low, which was influenced by factors such as county size, administrative level, functional role, and distance from central cities. Generally, urban-rural integration in the study area started late, remained at a low level, and was shallow in development, with the overall integration quality being suboptimal. Due to varying developmental foundations and conditions, the counties demonstrated diverse trends and characteristics in their integration processes. The 83 counties in Xinjiang were categorized into five types of urban-rural integration: Transportation-constrained integration type, public service-constrained integration type, comprehensive well-integrated type, potential-advantaged integration type and comprehensive lagging integration type. The guarantee mechanisms for achieving coordinated, balanced, and equitable development between urban and rural areas included: Ensuring the free flow and optimal allocation of urban-rural production factors at the county level, promoting the integration of spatial planning and functions between urban and rural areas, implementing interactive industrial integration, enhancing comprehensive and balanced public service integration, and prioritizing sustainable ecological resource management.

Key words: spatial justice, urban-rural integration, development quality, county-level regions, multidimensional evaluation, Xinjiang

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