Differentiation Governance of Rural Human Settlement Environments in China: Knowledge Mapping and Visualization

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 27;20(5):4209. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054209.

Abstract

To further promote the effective governance of rural human settlements in China, it is necessary to summarize and organize the research on rural human settlements that has been undertaken in the last decade. This paper analyzes the current status of rural human settlements research from the perspectives of Chinese literature and English literature. It takes the core documents included in WOS (Web of Science) and CNKI (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) as samples, and produces a visual analysis of the authors, institutions, disciplines, and research hotspots for rural human settlements research with the help of CiteSpace V and other measurement software, focus on identifying the similarities and differences between CNKI and WOS in the study of rural human settlements. The results show that the number of papers is increasing; cooperation between Chinese researchers and institutions needs to be further strengthened; the existing research has achieved interdisciplinary integration; the research hotspots are converging, but China pays more attention to the study of the hard environment, such as the macro level of rural human settlements and the natural ecological environments of residence, and lacks insight into the soft environment, such as the main body of residences, social relations, and individual needs in the urban fringe. This study is conducive to promoting the integrated development of urban and rural areas in China, promoting the revitalization and development of rural areas in China, and achieving social equity.

Keywords: China; differentiation governance; living environment; rural human settlement environment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Environment*
  • Humans
  • Knowledge
  • Rural Population
  • Social Environment*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Hebei Social Science Foundation Project “Study on the development history of Hebei coastal cities” (Grant No. HB18WH06) and the Hebei Provincial Department of Education’s science research plan project, the major research project of the Humanities and Social Sciences department, “Research on the promotion path of industrial chain of Hebei coastal counties (districts and cities) from the perspective of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei” (Grant No. ZD202104) and Post-doctoral innovation project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2021): Research on the decision-making mechanism of public service facilities supply from the perspective of national governance modernization.