Earth Science Frontiers ›› 2021, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 403-411.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2021.1.12

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Influencing factors of mineral resources development in the economically underdeveloped regions of China: Assessment of the Wumeng Mountain area using the Geodetector tool

ZHANG Yuhan1,2(), ZHANG Shouting1,*(), ZHAO Yu3   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    2. Chinese Academy of Natural Resources Economics, Beijing 101149, China
    3. China Center for Information Industry Development,Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2020-12-20 Revised:2021-01-20 Online:2021-05-20 Published:2021-05-23
  • Contact: ZHANG Shouting

Abstract:

After the eradication of absolute poverty in China in 2020, alleviating relative poverty will become the core task of poverty alleviation and development in the future. The country’s relatively poor areas possess rich mineral resources, but the resource advantage has not been effectively transformed into economic gains due to the fragile natural environments and low industrialization in these areas. Here we describe an indicator system based on a systematic analysis of the influencing factors for mineral resources development in the relatively poor areas. The influencing factors inlude mineral resources reserves, capital investment, indexes of ecological-environmental importance, traffic dominance, water shortage, industrialization level and topographic relief. Using the Geodetector tool, we analyzed the spatial distribution of mineral resources in the Wumeng Mountain area to assess the influence of each factor. The results show that resource reserve is the most direct determining factor of mineral resources development, controlling basically the spatial distribution of mineral resources development activities in the Wumeng Mountain area; investment in fixed assets comes in second, followed by indexes of ecological-environmental importance and topographic relief, as each has an influence coefficient of about 0.44; traffic dominance has slightly lower influence coefficient than the above three indicators, whereas water shortage and industrialization level have weak impacts. Accordingly, we suggest the following measures for developing mineral resources in the relatively poor areas: Strengthen basic geological survey and mineral exploration; Further tap into the potential of mineral resources; Implement preferential policies in special fund arrangement; Encourage and guide mining investment; Vigorously support green development of mining industry; Strengthen transportation infrastructure; and Promote transformation of resource advantage into economic development advantage.

Key words: relative poverty, Geodetector, development of mineral resources, influencing factors, Wumeng Mountain area

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