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“DEVELOP THE WEST” ASSESSED: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2000–2005

“DEVELOP THE WEST” ASSESSED: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS... Abstract In late 1999, President Jiang Zemin requested that a comprehensive regional development campaign be designed and implemented to address growing disparities in income, development, and quality of life across three of China's macro-regions: eastern lowland China, central China, and western China. Through the resulting “Strategy of Developing China's West” Campaign, massive amounts of capital have been made available across the 12 provincial-order units now defined as “West China” to promote economic development, improve social equity across urban and rural places and mitigate environmental degradation and pollution. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), the focus of our assessment of this program, offers an ideal location to evaluate the changes that have occurred since the inception of the program in 2000 through an analysis of available socioeconomic and environmental data. Progress has been made in a number of areas. Industrial output has increased dramatically, and extra-local government investments in rural areas for infrastructure and other projects are being funded at unprecedented levels. Important problems still remain. Specifically we identify growing inequity between urban and rural places and little progress in pasture improvement as measured by MODIS-generated NDVI indices for 2000 to 2005. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Geographer Taylor & Francis

“DEVELOP THE WEST” ASSESSED: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2000–2005

VEECK, Gregory; EMERSON, Charles; LI, Zhou; YU, Fawen
Asian Geographer , Volume 25 (1-2): 23 – Jan 1, 2006
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“DEVELOP THE WEST” ASSESSED: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2000–2005

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Abstract In late 1999, President Jiang Zemin requested that a comprehensive regional development campaign be designed and implemented to address growing disparities in income, development, and quality of life across three of China's macro-regions: eastern lowland China, central China, and western China. Through the resulting “Strategy of Developing China's West” Campaign, massive amounts of capital have been made available across the 12 provincial-order units now...
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Taylor & Francis
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10.1080/10225706.2006.9684133
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Abstract

Abstract In late 1999, President Jiang Zemin requested that a comprehensive regional development campaign be designed and implemented to address growing disparities in income, development, and quality of life across three of China's macro-regions: eastern lowland China, central China, and western China. Through the resulting “Strategy of Developing China's West” Campaign, massive amounts of capital have been made available across the 12 provincial-order units now defined as “West China” to promote economic development, improve social equity across urban and rural places and mitigate environmental degradation and pollution. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR), the focus of our assessment of this program, offers an ideal location to evaluate the changes that have occurred since the inception of the program in 2000 through an analysis of available socioeconomic and environmental data. Progress has been made in a number of areas. Industrial output has increased dramatically, and extra-local government investments in rural areas for infrastructure and other projects are being funded at unprecedented levels. Important problems still remain. Specifically we identify growing inequity between urban and rural places and little progress in pasture improvement as measured by MODIS-generated NDVI indices for 2000 to 2005.

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Asian Geographer – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 2006

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