When viewed against the backdrop of globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),Central Asia has ushered in new development opportunities.However,problems of ecological environment as a consequence of urbaniza...When viewed against the backdrop of globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),Central Asia has ushered in new development opportunities.However,problems of ecological environment as a consequence of urbanization have begun to act as a constraint on the economic development of the region,the coupling coordination degree between the urbanization and ecological environment in Kazakhstan was analyzed by the coupling coordination degree model.The main controlling factors affecting its development were explored using a geographical detector.Several main conclusions can be drawn.(1)Kazakhstan's urbanization level,ecological environment level,and the coupling coordination degree between urbanization and ecological environment are all on the rise.(2)In terms of the comprehensive urbanization index,the western and eastern states have higher values than the southern and northern states.The spatial distribution pattern of the ecological environment index revealed high values in the eastern and western regions and low values in the central region.(3)The coupling coordination degree among the states of Kazakhstan is mostly at a low-moderate level.The spatial distribution shows that the coordination level of the east,middle,and west of the country is higher than that of south and north.(4)Indicators such as GDP per capita,social fixed asset investment per capita,employment in industry and services(% of total employment),and the number of college students per 10,000 people are important urbanization factors that affect the coupling coordination degree of urbanization and ecological environment.Indicators of farmland areas per capita,availability of water resources per capita,ecological land per capita and forest coverage in the ecological environment subsystem are important ecological environmental factors that affect the degree of coordination between urbanization and ecological environment in Kazakhstan.The interaction of the main elements in the two subsystems has a strong synergy.展开更多
The paper deals with current issues of the regional spatial organization based on the identification and analysis of key factors and prerequisites for the formation of urban agglomerations as the most important growth...The paper deals with current issues of the regional spatial organization based on the identification and analysis of key factors and prerequisites for the formation of urban agglomerations as the most important growth centers, integrated with global and regional markets in the conditions of a qualitatively new stage in the history of the Great Silk Road. We assess promising directions and negative effects of development of agglomerated formations and zones of their influence in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a region having an advantageous geostrategic position in the Eurasian space. In Kazakhstan, the current process of urbanization has a multiple- vector nature, and the course of formation of urban agglomerations provides convincing evidence of an increase in their share in settlement and in the total population. It is agglomerated forms of urban development that are a kind of indicator of the onset of maturity in settlement, specifying key points of the socio-economic space, namely： cores of regions, nodes of foreign economic relations and contacts, main areas of new territories development, the most important links in the internal infrastructure, etc. It is urban agglomerations that should act as a kind of special platform of integration processes, on the basis of which the Republic of Kazakhstan should revive its historical role in the development of the global project ＂New Silk Road＂ and become a major trade and logistics, finance and business, innovation and technology, and tourism hub of the Central Asia region, a bridge between Europe and Asia.展开更多
基金Strategic Priority Research Program of the CAS,Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road,No.XDA20040402。
文摘When viewed against the backdrop of globalization and the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),Central Asia has ushered in new development opportunities.However,problems of ecological environment as a consequence of urbanization have begun to act as a constraint on the economic development of the region,the coupling coordination degree between the urbanization and ecological environment in Kazakhstan was analyzed by the coupling coordination degree model.The main controlling factors affecting its development were explored using a geographical detector.Several main conclusions can be drawn.(1)Kazakhstan's urbanization level,ecological environment level,and the coupling coordination degree between urbanization and ecological environment are all on the rise.(2)In terms of the comprehensive urbanization index,the western and eastern states have higher values than the southern and northern states.The spatial distribution pattern of the ecological environment index revealed high values in the eastern and western regions and low values in the central region.(3)The coupling coordination degree among the states of Kazakhstan is mostly at a low-moderate level.The spatial distribution shows that the coordination level of the east,middle,and west of the country is higher than that of south and north.(4)Indicators such as GDP per capita,social fixed asset investment per capita,employment in industry and services(% of total employment),and the number of college students per 10,000 people are important urbanization factors that affect the coupling coordination degree of urbanization and ecological environment.Indicators of farmland areas per capita,availability of water resources per capita,ecological land per capita and forest coverage in the ecological environment subsystem are important ecological environmental factors that affect the degree of coordination between urbanization and ecological environment in Kazakhstan.The interaction of the main elements in the two subsystems has a strong synergy.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(4127155641101117)+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China and Russian Foundation for Basic Research(414110106515-56-53037)
文摘The paper deals with current issues of the regional spatial organization based on the identification and analysis of key factors and prerequisites for the formation of urban agglomerations as the most important growth centers, integrated with global and regional markets in the conditions of a qualitatively new stage in the history of the Great Silk Road. We assess promising directions and negative effects of development of agglomerated formations and zones of their influence in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a region having an advantageous geostrategic position in the Eurasian space. In Kazakhstan, the current process of urbanization has a multiple- vector nature, and the course of formation of urban agglomerations provides convincing evidence of an increase in their share in settlement and in the total population. It is agglomerated forms of urban development that are a kind of indicator of the onset of maturity in settlement, specifying key points of the socio-economic space, namely： cores of regions, nodes of foreign economic relations and contacts, main areas of new territories development, the most important links in the internal infrastructure, etc. It is urban agglomerations that should act as a kind of special platform of integration processes, on the basis of which the Republic of Kazakhstan should revive its historical role in the development of the global project ＂New Silk Road＂ and become a major trade and logistics, finance and business, innovation and technology, and tourism hub of the Central Asia region, a bridge between Europe and Asia.
