Abstract:

Population migration of our country has a characteristic of remote urbanization since 1978, and it exerted different influences on population outflow areas and population inflow areas. Taking DongTing Lake Area as a case study, and using the data of the sixth national census, we analyzed the spatial relationship between population migration and urbanization of net population outflow areas and came to a conclusion that the urbanization level of a net population outflow area is highly negatively related to net population outflow rate. According to the ratio of net urban population inflow to net rural population outflow, we divided regional population urbanization  into four types: initiative population urbanization, internal transfer dominated passive population urbanization, outer transfer dominated passive population urbanization and deteriorative population urbanization; we also discussed their characters of population migration, dynamic mechanisms and comprehensive benefits; and then proposed reasonable measures to promote urbanization of DongTing Lake Area. For the sake of economic benefit of urbanization of DongTing Lake Area， initiative population urbanization should be put into effect by accepting industrial transfer, cutting down the cost of population inflow and assembling funds, industries and population. In order to ensure social benefit and ecological benefit of urbanization of DongTing Lake Area, agricultural industrialization and modernization should be promoted in the periphery and core area of DongTing Lake Area to drive passive population urbanization, and then position of agriculture in the Lake Area will be solidified and population pressure to the environment will be reduced