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Transportation Accessibility of Central Towns in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Sites in Mountainous Areas and Its Impact on Local Economic Development: A Case Study of Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System, Yunnan
Received date: 2018-01-20
Accepted date: 2018-05-30
Online published: 2019-01-28
Supported by
The International Exchange and Cooperation Project of Ministry of Agriculture “Conservation of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in China in 2018”
The Third-party Monitor and Assessment on Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Systems in 2018.
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Transportation as a means to support industrial development can impact the economic development of important agricultural heritage sites. Because the central towns in mountainous areas have weak economic interactions with each other, an appropriate method is needed to evaluate their transportation accessibility. This paper takes the Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System (HHRTS) as a study area and develops a model to determine shortest time-distances from central towns in the study area to the nearest high-grade city as a way to evaluate transportation accessibility (TA). We then analyze the relationship between the accessibility of these towns and their economies. The study finds that the TA of the central towns in HHRTS is not good as a whole. More than 70% of the towns are more than 1 hour away from their nearest high-grade city. Of the four counties in the study area, Yuanyang County has the best traffic conditions, while Lvchun County has the worst traffic conditions. The central towns in the northern and middle regions have better TA than those in the west, southwest and east margin regions. The small-scale rural economy has little dependence on the transportation network, while secondary industries are obviously impacted by the transportation network. In the future, to support the integrated development of industries in HHRTS, traffic conditions in each town should be improved appropriately according to the industrial orientation of the town, but excessive investments to construct roads irrespective of eco-environmental impacts and economic benefits should be avoided. Especially in the case of ecologically vulnerable towns, the building high-grade roads should be banned.
ZHANG Yongxun , LI Xiande , MIN Qingwen . Transportation Accessibility of Central Towns in Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Sites in Mountainous Areas and Its Impact on Local Economic Development: A Case Study of Honghe Hani Rice Terraced System, Yunnan[J]. Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2019 , 10(1) : 29 -38 . DOI: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764X.2019.01.004
Fig. 1 Location of the study area |
Fig. 2 The transportation map of HHRTS |
Table 1 The speed of vehicles traveling on different grade roads |
Grade | Superhighway | National highway | Provincial highway | County highway | Town road |
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Speed(km/h) | 110 | 80 | 65 | 30 | 20 |
Table 2 TAI of each town in Hani terraces areas |
Order | Town name | County | TAI | Order | Town name | County | TAI | Order | Town name | County | TAI |
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1 | Yisa | Honghe | 0.04 | 18 | Jiaying | Honghe | 1.07 | 35 | Fengchunling | Yuanyang | 2.04 |
1 | Nansha | Yuanyang | 0.05 | 19 | Baohua | Honghe | 1.13 | 36 | Luoenxiang | Honghe | 2.05 |
1 | Daxing | Lvchun | 0.05 | 19 | Niukong | Lvchun | 1.13 | 37 | Jiache | Honghe | 2.09 |
1 | Jinhe | Jinping | 0.06 | 21 | Shitouzhai | Honghe | 1.16 | 38 | Dashuigou | Lvchun | 2.17 |
5 | MaJie | Yuanyang | 0.59 | 21 | Langdi | Honghe | 1.16 | 39 | Mentqiao | Jinping | 2.24 |
6 | Ezha | Yuanyang | 0.61 | 23 | Daping | Yuanyang | 1.22 | 40 | Laojizai | Jinping | 2.26 |
7 | Leyu | Honghe | 0.63 | 24 | Panzhihua | Yuanyang | 1.24 | 41 | Zhemi | Jinping | 2.27 |
8 | Niujiazhai | Yuanyang | 0.64 | 25 | Sanmeng | Lvchun | 1.26 | 42 | Yingpan | Jinping | 2.42 |
9 | Xinjie | Yuanyang | 0.65 | 26 | Shayipo | Jinping | 1.32 | 43 | Xiaoxinjie | Jinping | 2.62 |
10 | Adebo | Jinping | 0.66 | 27 | Tongchang | Jinping | 1.36 | 44 | Diema | Honghe | 2.71 |
11 | Jinshuihe | Jinping | 0.72 | 28 | Dazhai | Jinping | 1.37 | 45 | Qimaba | Lvchun | 2.74 |
12 | Gekui | Lvchun | 0.88 | 29 | Chegu | Honghe | 1.47 | 46 | Daheishan | Lvchun | 2.97 |
13 | Dayangjie | Honghe | 0.92 | 30 | Pinghe | Lvchun | 1.49 | 47 | Maandi | Jinping | 3.28 |
14 | Mengla | Jinping | 0.93 | 31 | Ganiang | Yuanyang | 1.50 | 48 | Banpo | Lvchun | 3.61 |
15 | Shangxincheng | Yuanyang | 1.00 | 32 | Azhahe | Honghe | 1.57 | 49 | Sacun | Honghe | 3.78 |
16 | Huangcaoling | Yuanyang | 1.01 | 33 | Huangmaoling | Yuanyang | 1.63 | ||||
17 | Shalatuo | Yuanyang | 1.03 | 34 | Laomeng | Jinping | 1.65 |
Table 3 Comparison of traffic accessibility of the four counties in the Hani terraces area |
County | Mean | Maximum | Minimum | Standard Deviation | Variable Coefficient |
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Honghe | 1.52 | 3.78 | 0.04 | 0.96 | 0.6314 |
Yuanyang | 1.13 | 2.62 | 0.05 | 0.66 | 0.5844 |
Lvchun | 1.81 | 3.61 | 0.05 | 1.14 | 0.6300 |
Jinping | 1.57 | 3.28 | 0.06 | 0.89 | 0.5616 |
Fig. 3 Spatial distribution of TAI in the Hani terraces areas |
Fig. 4 Economic situations and TAIs of towns in Honghe County in 2014 |
Fig. 5 Economic situations and TAIs of towns in Yuanyang County in 2014 |
Fig. 6 Economic situations and TAIs of towns in Lvchun County in 2014 |
Fig. 7 Economic situations and TAIs of towns in Jinping County |
Table 4 Correlativity between TAI and economic indices |
TAI | GOVAPC | IIPC |
---|---|---|
Honghe | -0.38 | -0.567* |
Yuanyang | -0.088 | — |
Lvchun | 0.667* | — |
Jinping | 0.038 | -0.615* |
Note: * means that the correlation test is significant at level 0.05. |
Fig. 8 Altitude distribution of HHRTS |
Fig. 9 Gradient distribution of HHRTS |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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