Assessment of the socioeconomic development levels of six economic corridors in the Belt and Road region  

作　　者：YOU Zhen SHI Hui FENG Zhiming XIAO Chiwei 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,CAS,Beijing 100101,China [2]Department of Geography,University of California Santa Barbara,California 93106,USA [3]Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment,Ministry of Natural Resources,Beijing 101149,China

出　　处：《Journal of Geographical Sciences》2022年第11期2189-2204,共16页地理学报（英文版）

基　　金：The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.XDA20010203;The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program,No.2019QZKK1006;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.42130508;The Chinese Academy of Sciences,No.ZDRW-XH-2021-3。

摘　　要：Recent years have witnessed rapid and widespread economic growth in regions involved in China’s Belt and Road Initiative(BRI),mainly due to the construction of six economic corridors.This paper aims to quantify the levels of six economic corridors according to the socioeconomic development levels in the BRI regions.Here,a gridded socioeconomic development index was first created,and a dividing line was drawn to reveal the distribution characteristics of socioeconomic development in the BRI regions.A classification method was then applied to identify local development levels.Finally,we created an economic corridor development index(ECDI)to evaluate the progress of six economic corridors.The results reveal spatial heterogeneity within the socioeconomic groups of BRI regions,which can be roughly divided into offshore(or Part A,50.54%)and inland(or Part B,49.46%)areas.Although both parts comprise roughly the same area,over 95%of the population is located in offshore regions.The China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor has the highest development index due to a stable political environment and long-running cooperation.The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor suffers from the lowest ECDI but with strong development potential.Our methods can provide critical reference and practice for the future evaluation of the level of regional development.The results of this study can offer policymakers some insight into reducing socioeconomic inequality in the BRI regions.

关 键 词：socioeconomic development levels gridded socioeconomic development index socioeconomic dividing line six economic corridors Belt and Road region 

分 类 号：F125[经济管理—世界经济]