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This chapter is devoted to discuss the theoretical and analytical details of the urbanization quality of China’s urbanization. Ways to promote urbanization quality for New Urbanization development are also discussed. By first introducing the interrelated relationships among urbanization quality, speed and level, and three-dimensional indicator system is proposed to quantify urbanization quality. The three dimensions include the economic, social, and space domains. Detailed analytical approaches are outlined. The contemporary urbanization quality spatial distribution based on the quantification efforts is presented and discussed in detail as well. In the end, five specific improving strategies, namely balancing between urbanization rate and quality, abiding by local conditions, promoting intensive instead of extensive economic structure, integrating urban and rural development and focusing on multi-dimensional quality instead of quantity, are proposed and detailed.
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Regional water resources development and utilization rate refers to the ratio of used amount of water resources in the amount of available water resources within a watershed or region. It is an important indicator reflecting the degree of development and utilization of water resources. The international community generally believes that the development and utilization rate of a river should not exceed 40 % of its total amount of available water resources. China has six level 1 water zones in the North (Songhua River, Liaohe River, Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Yangtze River) and four in the South (Pearl River, Southeast Rivers, Southwest Rivers, and Northwest River). Based on China’s water resources development and utilization rate, the threshold values for Songhua River, Liaohe River, Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, the Pearl River are set as 34, 38, 45, 36, 38, 31, 32, 35, 35, 35 %. Water resources development and utilization rate at different provincial units shall then be determined by the corresponding watersheds.
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Based on minimum cropland per capita in 3 large areas of China calculated by Cai Yunlong et al. and according to the standard of food of 400 kg per capita, it is determined that during the period from 1980 to 1990 and the period from 1991 to 2008, the minimum cropland per capita in China are 1.54 and 1.28 mu (15 mu = 1 ha.) respectively; and the minimum cropland per capita in the east, the mid and the west of China are 0.84, 1.20 and 1.67 mu respectively.
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Fang, C., Yu, D. (2016). Quality of China’s New Urbanization and Ways for Improvement. In: China’s New Urbanization. Springer Geography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49448-6_6
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