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Spatio-temporal dynamics of Russia's foreign trade patterns in the 21st century Zhouying SONG, Shanshan GAO 2023, 32(12): 1-17.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20222501 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (4030KB) ( )   The Russia-Ukraine conflict profoundly affects not only global geopolitical relations but also global geo-economic relations. And Russia is of great importance in the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor. An in-depth analysis of the spatial-temporal evolution of Russia's trade patterns is a key prerequisite, not only for strengthening the construction of the Belt and Road, but also for providing references for clarifying global trade relations and geopolitical patterns. Based on trade data of Russia from 2001 to 2021, we characterize the spatiotemporal evolution of its trade patterns and major trade flows. The results show that: (1) Since 2001, Russia's foreign trade has gone through rapid development, which can be divided into four stages: rapid growing, adjusting and recovering, adjusting and downward, recovering and upward. (2) Commodity structure of Russia's export trade is relatively homogeneous, dominated by energy and raw materials product, such as energy, minerals and base metals; while the import commodity structure is relatively stable, dominated by technology-intensive and labor-intensive products, such as machinery and electronics, transportation, and chemicals. (3) In terms of trade patterns, the scope of Russia's foreign trade has contracted, which is mainly concentrated in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe and East Asia. The status of East Asia, especially China, increased significantly while the status of Central and Eastern Europe decreased. The export markets change dramatically but always concentrated in Europe. Whereas the import markets expand towards East Asian region. (4) In terms of trade flows, the categories of Russia's main imports change slightly, but the status of each product and its main flows fluctuate; however, the categories, status and main flows of the main exports change a lot. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Temporal and spatial variation of land development and utilization intensity in coastal zone of South Africa from 2000 to 2020 Haotian WU, Binglin LIU, Zhenke ZHANG, Wanyi ZHU, Shengnan JIANG 2023, 32(12): 18-28.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021823 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1169KB) ( )   Based on land use transfer matrix, dynamic attitude of land use type and land use development intensity model, six types of land use data were extracted from TM and OLI remote sensing images in 2000, 2010 and 2020 in the coastal zone of South Africa. This paper analyzes the structure, degree and spatio-temporal variation of land development and utilization in the coastal zone of South Africa from 2000 to 2020. The results showed that :(1) grassland and forest land were the main change patterns, followed by unused land and construction land expansion, and cropland and water shrank during 2000-2020. (2) In the process of land use change, the conversion between grassland and woodland and between cropland and grassland were the main types of land use change. (3) The intensity of land use development in the South African coastal zone shows spatial aggregation, forming high aggregation areas centered on Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban. The overall development and utilization intensity of coastal land in South Africa has not changed significantly in the past 20 years, but has shown a downward trend since 2010-2020. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Spatiotemporal variation of Angola's oil industry and its global status Ke WANG, Yuan ZHAO, Jiyao YAN, Yi LI 2023, 32(12): 29-40.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20220260 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1133KB) ( )   In recent years, Angola has become more and more prominent in global oil market and thus attract international attention. Based on the data of proved reserves and production during 1981-2020 worldwide, the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of Angola's crude oil resources, production and corresponding changes of global status are analyzed with boxplots. Then the impact mechanism of Angola's oil industry development is explored. The conclusions are as follows: (1) Angola's crude oil proved reserve generally fluctuated, rose and declined. Angola's reserve production ratio (R/P ratio) fluctuated first and then stabilized with time. The proved reserves of crude oil are a small part of the total crude oil resources and mostly concentrated in the offshore areas of lower Congo Basin and Kwanza basin at present. (2) Affected by proved reserves, Angola's crude oil production had four stages: slow rise, rapid rise, stability maintenance and decline. With time, the block putting into production is pushed from shallow water to deep water and then to ultra deep water. However, Angola's oil industry refinery capacity has only developed a little meanwhile always does not match crude oil production. (3) The global status of Angola's proved reserves is stable. The R/P radio has reduced. While the global status of oil production has improved. (4) Abundant crude oil resource provides foundation for Angola's export-oriented oil industry. The investment structure under the influence of economic structure provides conditions for its formation. And international environmental factors provide impetus for its development. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The spatiotemporal distribution and network characteristics of world cultural cities from the perspective of international film festivals Rongqi ZHOU, Xu ZHANG, Gengzhi HUANG 2023, 32(12): 41-53.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20220111 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (3176KB) ( )   Through collecting and analyzing the data of the host cities, nominated/award-winning films and jury members of 15 A-category international film festivals and the Academy Awards of the United States (the Oscar), this paper explores the spatial and temporal distribution of the host cities and participating countries of major international film festivals. It further reveals the structure of the geopolitical network of world cultural cities based on the perspective of international film festivals. The outcomes of the research show that: ① The overall distribution of international film festivals exhibits a trend of spatial diffusion from the core countries in Europe and America to some formerly peripheral regions in Asia, Africa and Latin America. There are some obvious differences between the host cities of film festivals and the traditional economic and political global cities, which reflects the special value attributes of the cultural industry and the "de-politicization" strategies of the actors related to film festivals. ② The geographical distribution of the countries of nominated and award-winning films of international film festivals shows a multi-polar pattern with "Europe-North America-East Asia" as the center, demonstrating the trend of decentralization of film production activities. However, the power structure of international film festivals as represented by the composition of jury members shows a typical "core-periphery" pattern, indicating that a few countries control the core resources of cultural power and play an important role in directing the development of the global film industry. ③ The geopolitical network of most international film festivals shows an obvious "European-oriented" structure, which highlights the global influence of European countries in the field of art films. On the other hand, the distinctions between different film festivals in terms of the patterns of network connection reflect the geographical location of film festivals as well as the historical, cultural and economic ties between the host and participating countries of film festivals. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Spatio-temporal patterns of the land carrying capacity in the Belt and Road region based on nutritional requirement Chao ZHANG, Yanzhao YANG, Chiwei XIAO, Ying LIU, Xinzhe SONG 2023, 32(12): 54-66.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021906 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1675KB) ( )   Countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) are the major population agglomeration areas and food production areas in the world. It is of great significance to study land resource carrying capacity from the perspectives of energy, protein and fat nutrition equivalence for promoting the improvement of regional dietary nutrition. Based on nutrient transformation model and land resources carrying capacity model, the spatial-temporal pattern of land resources carrying capacity of countries along the B&R from 1995 to 2019 was studied from the whole region and national scale. The results showed that, during the study period: (1) The growth rate of fruits, vegetables and egg milk food in B&R is more than or close to one time, and the growth rate of all three kinds of nutrients supply quantity is more than 50%, but there is still a certain gap between the supply ratio of animal food in protein and that in developed countries. (2) The carrying capacity of land resources has increased to the level of 5~6 billion people in B&R. The carrying capacity of 80% of countries was increasing, mainly located in Southeast Asia and South Asia. The carrying capacity of land resources of some countries in Central and Eastern Europe has declined. (3) Land resource carrying capacity pressure in B&R have turned into surplus overall, with about 60% countries slowing down, 50% countries overloaded with population, and over 50% countries lack of energy and protein. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Influencing factors of the worldwide attention to Lao Tzu's thought based on Geodetector Lu GAO, Keyi YU, Shenjun YAO, Jianping WU, Bailang YU 2023, 32(12): 67-77.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20220461 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (940KB) ( )   Global dissemination of Chinese traditional cultures has always been a critical concern for modern China. Although some studies have explored the spatiotemporal distribution and influencing factors of Chinese traditional cultures from the perspective of geography, quantitative research on the differences in the attention of countries to traditional cultures is limited. Against this background, this research takes Lao Tzu, a famous ancient Chinese philosopher, and his thoughts "Tao Te Ching" as an example and uses the Google trend data derived from queries by Lao Tzu and Tao Te Ching as the keyword to measure the public's attention for 214 foreign countries and regions. By using the spatial statistical method of Geodetector, this study quantitatively studied the differences and factors that might influence the attention to Lao Tzu's thoughts in the world from 2010 to 2021. It is found that major diplomatic events can enhance a country's attention to Lao Tzu and his thoughts in a short time, whereas the developed countries have high and sustained attention to Lao Tzu and his thought. The number of inbound tourists, the amount of export trade, the total number of people and the total number of translations greatly affect the attention of countries to Lao Tzu and his thoughts, indicating that cultural exchanges and bilateral trade can significantly promote the spread of cultural thoughts. Cultural trade, social economy and other influencing factors are not independent and have enhanced effects of interaction. This paper can shed light on the global dissemination of Chinese traditional cultures by providing a method for measuring and analyzing influencing factors of the public's attention toward Chinese traditional cultures. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Identification of the evolutionary stages of China's ports of entry system since the reform and opening-up and analysis of its opening features Zenglin HAN, Fan CAO, Jianke GUO, Fuxiang LI 2023, 32(12): 78-88.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021960 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1343KB) ( )   The ports of entry system is the spatial distribution and combination of a series of ports of different sizes and functions within a certain geographical area. Based on the data of port opening years from 1979-2019, this paper adopted Bai-Perron structural breakpoint test and Markov chain quantification to quantitatively divide the evolution stages of China's ports of entry system since the reform and opening-up, and analyzed the opening characteristics of each stage of the ports of entry system by considering the port opening time, type and policy factors. The results show that :(1) considering the spatio-temporal attributes of the opening of the ports of entry system, the Bai-Perron structural breakpoint test is used to identify five structural breakpoints in the evolution of the Chinese ports of entry system since the reform and opening-up, and the evolution process is further modified into five evolutionary stages by using the spatial changes of Markov chain transfer states. (2) Markov chain transfer matrix shows that the opening level of China's ports of entry system has fluctuated and increased since the reform and opening-up, and there is a significant convergence club in space, and the spatial pattern of the centralized opening is further strengthened.(3)Since the reform and opening-up, the evolution of China's ports of entry system has been characterized by significant openness in stages and has gone through five stages: "point-like opening along the coast, T-shaped opening along the coast, T-shaped opening along the river, belt-like opening of inland and border ports, full opening of airports, and all-round Multi-level and three-dimensional opening-up". Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the coordinated development status of new urbanization and ecological civilization in western provincial cities Yafeng ZOU, Qi WANG, Qian ZHANG, Xiaolu DENG, Zhanghua XU 2023, 32(12): 89-103.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021856 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1487KB) ( )   This article took 11 provincial capital cities in the west from 2005 to 2018 as the evaluation objects, used the entropy method to evaluate the level of new urbanization and ecological civilization, and used the coupling coordination degree model and relative development degree model to explore their coordinated development and lag status, providing theoretical support for further promoting the coordinated development of the two. Results show that: (1) the new urbanization construction of provincial capital cities in western China is in the exploratory stage, and the characteristics of rising fluctuation and space-time differentiation are particularly obvious. The scores of cities in southwest China are generally higher than those in northwest China and the middle reaches of the Yellow River; (2) There is a big gap in the level of ecological civilization construction in provincial capitals, which basically develops in a fluctuating manner. There is a big gap in the level of ecological civilization construction among different regions, and the development level and development law of neighboring cities are close to each other; (3) There is a close coupling relationship between new urbanization and ecological civilization at a high level, but the coordinated development generally fails to achieve good or high-quality coordination of mutual promotion; There is an alternating lag between the new urbanization and ecological civilization in most cities, and the lag tends to continue and intensify. In the future, we should focus on guiding the development of cities with relatively weak development foundation, narrow the differences between regions, and strengthen the coordinated construction of new urbanization and ecological civilization from the perspective of strategic goal orientation. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of high-quality development of tourism in China Kai WANG, Xin GUO, Jun YE, Chang GAN 2023, 32(12): 104-117.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021860 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1046KB) ( )   High-quality development is an important part of tourism. This paper study the characteristic of spatial-temporal and the influencing factors of high-quality development level of tourism industry in China from 2006 to 2019 by means of entropy method, ESDA, Dagum Gini coefficient and panel regression model. The results show that: (1) During the study period, the average high-quality development level of China's tourism is 0.327, and the average annual growth rate is 0.796%. The overall level was relatively low, and the spatial distribution pattern was roughly "Eastern > Central > Western > Northeast". (2) The overall spatial correlation of the high-quality development of tourism is significant, and the local characteristics was "hot in the Southeast and cold in the Northwest". The overall Gini coefficient of high-quality development of tourism is fluctuate, and the inter-regional and intra-regional differences show a trend of convergence and contraction, and the inter-regional differences makes the greatest contribution to the overall differences. (3) At the national level, the informatization level and the scale of tourism talents are the main driving forces for the high-quality development of tourism. From the regional level, the high-quality development of tourism in Eastern China is the result of the joint promotion of the level of informatization, the level of opening up, the scale of tourism talents and tourism reception facilities. The Central region was driven by the improvement of informatization level, opening up level, transportation accessibility and tourism talent scale; The significant driving factors in Western China were the level of informatization and the scale of tourism talents. The positive leading factor in Northeast China was informatization level. Therefore, all regions should adopt policies based on local conditions, highlight key points, coordinate and integrate to promote high-quality development of tourism. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Spatial-temporal pattern of auto manufacturing under the Global Production Network in the Pearl River Delta Li JIANG 2023, 32(12): 118-128.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20222021 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1143KB) ( )   The spatial-temporal pattern of auto manufacturing has attracted scholars' great interests. The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is an important part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which is one of the world's four major bay areas. However, there is little study on the spatial-temporal pattern of auto manufacturing and its dynamics in the this area. Based on the economic census employment data of the nine cities in 2013 and 2018, the density, Theil Index and Global Moran's Index are employed to discuss the characteristics of auto manufacturing distribution in PRD during 2013-2018. It founds that: The density of the PRD and the east bank of the Pearl River is high. The density of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Foshan is higher, and the density of two core cities (Guangzhou and Shenzhen) suburbs and the seven city centers with auto enterprises is higher. Distribution of auto manufacturing had become more uncorrelated. The degree of concentration is moderate and decreasing. Global production network theory of extra-firms--auto lead firms and governments bargaining strategy determines the distribution of assemblers in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan city of the around Pearl River area and the east bank. As a result, the density of districts (majority of them in the suburbs) in these two Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on technological innovation flow in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area based on patent measurement Wenhui LI, Chuying XIAN, Liru CHEN, Zhixin ZHANG 2023, 32(12): 129-141.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021808 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (930KB) ( )   Based on the patent measurement and spatial relationship of 26 860 technology transfer patents among different cities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from 1994 to 2019, this paper studies the temporal and spatial evolution law of technological innovation flow in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The research conclusions are as follows: (1) Technological innovation flow in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area between different regions is characterized by dispersion, homogeneity, dual core driving and multi center interaction,and develops unbalancedly between different regions. It has obvious characteristics of geographical proximity and economic proximity. (2) Technological innovation flow in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area between different regions has obvious path locking effect, and its evolution process has the characteristics of path creation. The path dependence of technological innovation flow radiation is more obvious. The spatial sensitivity of agglomeration network is stronger. (3) The network among individuals has the characteristics of "Small World" in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, there is an impedance effect of technology flow within the group. The spillover effect of enterprise technological innovation is not significant enough. (4) In the process of technological innovation flow in study area among individuals, the enterprise is the leading force of network evolution, technology intermediaries and individuals play an important role, while the role of universities and scientific research institutions needs to be strengthened in radiation network. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on the effect of urban blue space on the residents' health: Yujie CHEN, Yuan YUAN, Ye LIU 2023, 32(12): 142-154.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20211116 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1065KB) ( )   Urban blue space that residents contact or use in daily life, has been consistently linked to better health outcome. Based on Citespace, a total 972 papers from 2000 to 2020 in Scopus database were visually analyzed in the following four aspects: literature distribution characteristics, research hotspots, research trend and research contents. The search scope was concentrated in geography, sociology, environmental science, medicine and other disciplines, and searching key words were "blue space", "health", "potential mechanism", etc. The findings are as follows. Firstly, the effect of blue space on the residents' health has drawn increasingly extensive attention, and papers are mainly concentrated in America, the United Kingdom, etc. Secondly, research hotspots have been focused on five topics like blue space type, health impact of blue space, mechanism of blue space on health, health impact difference among different groups, and the policy planning relevance. Thirdly, research trend is from early exploration to the current topic diversification, and gradually to micro-refinement development. Fourth, this paper classifies the research contents into five parts including blue space exposure measurement, impact of urban blue space on residents' health, path and mechanism, group differences, and water planning design and active intervention policy. It is expected to provide scientific reference in enhancing research and practice of "healthy city" and "healthy communities". Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The general situation, progress and prospect for the research on the geographies of home: Visualized quantitative study based on CiteSpace and Bibliometric Weijie LUO, Pei TANG, Wei TAO 2023, 32(12): 155-171.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.20220310 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (1427KB) ( )   Thanks to the cultural turn in human geography and the spatial turn in sociology, the space of "home," is a multi-dimensional assemblage full of material, social and emotional elements. This paper utilizes CiteSpace and Bibliometric to analyze the papers on the geographies of "home" in the WoS core collection and CNKI Chinese core journal. By figuring out its current developments, including the number of papers, researchers and their institutions, published journals, research topics and important achievements, we summarize the overall characteristics and latest progress of Chinese and international researches on the geography of "home". It is found that this research has witnessed great development since the 21st century, while most focused on Western developed countries and regions. Besides, a number of research groups have been formed in many universities and research institutions. On the other hand, the geography of "home" in China is in its infancy for its insufficient researchers and outputs. In international academia, the journals of the geography of "home" have stronger academic influence, but the average citation frequency is low. In China, the journals are mainly hosted by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS. The average citation frequency of papers is significantly higher than the journal's impact factor. Research topics of the geographies of "home" are variable, such as mobility, transnational migration, gender and family. In recent years, there have been more research hotspots which have close relationships with the latest international current affairs. Chinese scholars tend to focus on mobility, the home of commerce and spatial practice and share many similar research interests with international researchers. However, discussions on "home" in the context of Chinese culture are still under-explored. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Spatial characteristics of population shrinkage and influencing factors detected by MGWR model in Guizhou County Kui YING, Jinhong DING, Yihao CHEN, Xiaoli HUANG 2023, 32(12): 172-184.  DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2023.12.2021627 Abstract ( )   HTML ( )   PDF (2307KB) ( )   Nowadays, many countries and regions in the world have experienced the problem of population shrinkage brought about by the decline in permanent population. With the development of economic transformation and the construction of new-type urbanization, the urban-rural and inter-regional flow of population has accelerated, and the shrinkage of regional population has become a common problem. Based on this, this paper selects the population data of Guizhou counties from 2008 to 2017, using the annual average population change rate to measure the spatial trend of population shrinkage. A Multi-Scale Geographic Weighted Regression Model (MGWR) is chosen to explore the influencing factors of the characteristics of the population change in Guizhou counties. We have found that:(1) From 2008 to 2012, the population shrinkage of Guizhou counties increased significantly, especially in the western and southern regions. Between 2013 and 2017, the population shrinkage counties in Guizhou decreased sharply, and it was mainly concentrated in the severe rocky desertification area in the southwest. (2) From 2008 to 2017, the main types of population shrinkage in Guizhou counties were phased shrinkage, followed by continuous growth, while continuous contraction was the least prevalent. (3) Social economic and natural environmental factors have significantly different impact on the population shrinkage of Guizhou counties. The primary driving factor for population shrinkage in Guizhou counties is government fiscal expenditure, followed by topographical fluctuations. Factors such as the distance to prefecture-level cities and provincial capitals have a greater impact, while the proportion of non-rocky desertification areas, per capita GDP, and the proportion of secondary and tertiary industries had a relatively smaller influence. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics