Spatial location differentiation and development decision optimization of characteristic villages and towns in China

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization,the gap between urban and rural development has gradually increased.Rural development problems have been a significant topic of discussion,and are related to people’s livelihoods.This article built a point-axis-region location driving system to analyze the spatial location differentiation of characteristic villages and towns(CVTS)using the kernel density model,and explored the mechanism of location driving factors with a geographical detector model.The results show that vegetables and fruits are the main types of products in CVTS.They account for 27.60%and 34.68%of all types of products,and occur mainly in the east and central regions of China.Moreover,all point-axis-region driving factors have a significant influence on grain crops.The mean values of driving forces of vegetables and fruits are larger than other types of CVTS,and their values are 0.12 and 0.11.The average driving forces on all CVTS in the northeast are higher than those in other regions,especially the driving forces of vegetables and medicinal crops(0.24 and 0.18,respectively).Finally,we proposed that the Chinese government should employ engineering technology,invest on road networks,e-commerce and blockchain technology to optimize the point-axis-region location advantages,to promote the sustainable development of CVTS.The detection of driving mechanisms on spatial location differentiation of CVTS has important research value for location theory and rural region systems research.

Protection and development of characteristic villages in Wuling Mountain ethnic areas under the strategy of rural revitalization

The construction of characteristic villages in ethnic areas is an important link in the overall implementation of the rural revitalization strategy,and it is also an important measure to promote rural revitalization and development.With the development of modern civilization,some villages with distinctive characteristics have gradually become homogeneous.How to promote these villages to give play to their characteristic advantages and promote their revitalization has become an important topic discussed by many scholars.This paper takes Nanzhu Village,a characteristic village with the trinity of “red genes,ethnic characteristics,and natural landscape” as a case.Starting from the perspective of the rural revitalization strategy,this paper proposes countermeasures for the construction and development of characteristic villages in the ethnic minority areas of Wuling Mountain.Revitalization provides a certain reference.