基础设施不平等的增加伴随着城市化和经济发展
Bhartendu Pandey1,2, Christa Brelsford3, Karen C Seto4
1Geospatial Science and Human Security Division, National Security Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, Oak Ridge, USA. pandeyb1@ornl.gov.
Nature communications
|January 30, 2025
概括
全球基础设施的不平等正随着城市化和经济发展而增加. 空间公平的有意规划对于可持续发展至关重要,特别是在全球南方.
科学领域:
- 城市研究 城市研究
- 发展经济学 发展经济学
- 地理信息系统 地理信息系统
背景情况:
- 全球人口增长日益城市化,需要大幅扩建基础设施.
- 目前对基础设施不平等及其与可持续发展的联系的理解有限.
- 解决这些差异对于公平的全球发展至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用卫星数据,检查国家一级基础设施分配偏差.
- 分析基础设施不平等,城市化和经济发展之间的联系.
- 确定基础设施不平等的趋势和未来预测,特别是在全球南方.
主要方法:
- 利用了2000年至2019年的卫星数据.
- 基础设施分布的调整以就业人口为准的分析.
- 检查了不同城市化水平的地区内部和地区之间的不平等.
主要成果:
- 在基础设施不平等与城市化和经济发展之间发现了积极的长期关联.
- 观察到,在大多数被调查国家的基础设施不平等程度越来越高.
- 预计未来的基础设施不平等将在全球南方地区更大程度上增加,特别是在城市优势的国家.
- 指出,基础设施不平等可能与经济不平等不同.
结论:
- 可持续发展需要有意的基础设施规划,以确保空间公平.
- 基础设施不平等的增加对实现公平的城市化和经济增长构成了挑战.
- 未来的研究应该专注于有针对性的干预措施,以减轻日益增长的差异.
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