Analyzing regional inequality in Post-Mao China in a GIS environment

Danlin Yu, Yehua Dennis Wei

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Abstract

Regional inequality in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention, but the use of geographic information system (GIS) techniques for rigorous analysis remains limited. This paper utilizes recent data and GIS and spatial statistical techniques to analyze changing patterns of regional inequality in China from 1978 to 2000. It also identifies the changing clusters of regional development in China. We illustrate that regional inequality in China is sensitive to development trajectories of the provinces, and that conventional measures of regional inequality mask geographical clustering. Patterns of change are explained by both contextual and regression analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)514-534
Number of pages21
JournalEurasian Geography and Economics
Volume44
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

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