TY - JOUR
T1 - Back to the countryside
T2 - Rural development and the spatial patterns of population migration in zhejiang, china
AU - Tong, Weiming
AU - Lo, Kevin
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 41901202, 42071159; The Pre-research Fund of Social Science Project of Zhejiang University of Technology, grant number SKY-ZX-20180236; National Social Major Science Foundation of China, grant number 18ZDA045 and China Scholarship Council, grant number 201404910592. The APC was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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PY - 2021/8/18
Y1 - 2021/8/18
N2 - This study examines how rural development in China shapes new trends in population migration. Using first-hand, village-level data from Zhejiang—an economically developed province in China—we investigated the patterns and influencing factors of population migration between rural and urban areas. We conceptualized three types of migration in rural areas: rural out-migration, rural in-migration, and rural return-migration. First-hand data were collected from 347 villages. The results show that although rural out-migration remains the dominant form of migration, rural in-migration and return-migration are also common, and the latter two are positively correlated. Further, we found evidence to support the conclusion that rural economic, social, and spatial development encourages rural in-migration and return-migration but does not have a significant impact on rural out-migration. Therefore, it is foreseeable that rural in-migration and return-migration will become increasingly common in China.
AB - This study examines how rural development in China shapes new trends in population migration. Using first-hand, village-level data from Zhejiang—an economically developed province in China—we investigated the patterns and influencing factors of population migration between rural and urban areas. We conceptualized three types of migration in rural areas: rural out-migration, rural in-migration, and rural return-migration. First-hand data were collected from 347 villages. The results show that although rural out-migration remains the dominant form of migration, rural in-migration and return-migration are also common, and the latter two are positively correlated. Further, we found evidence to support the conclusion that rural economic, social, and spatial development encourages rural in-migration and return-migration but does not have a significant impact on rural out-migration. Therefore, it is foreseeable that rural in-migration and return-migration will become increasingly common in China.
KW - China
KW - Population migration
KW - Rural development
KW - Rural studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113692409&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/agriculture11080788
DO - 10.3390/agriculture11080788
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85113692409
SN - 2077-0472
VL - 11
JO - Agriculture (Switzerland)
JF - Agriculture (Switzerland)
IS - 8
M1 - 788
ER -
