Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture

Urban systems are the spatial carriers of social and economic relations at the regional level, and their relational and structural resilience are key to regional coordination and sustainable development, attracting widespread attention from scholars. In order to analyze the internal relationships of...

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Main Authors: Huayan Yuan, Jinyu Fan, Jie Luo, Rui Ren, Hai Li
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Jinyu Fan
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description Urban systems are the spatial carriers of social and economic relations at the regional level, and their relational and structural resilience are key to regional coordination and sustainable development, attracting widespread attention from scholars. In order to analyze the internal relationships of urban agglomerations in underdeveloped mountainous regions and optimize their spatial resource allocation and resilience, this study takes the urban agglomeration of Qiandongnan in China as an example and researches their internal relationships, development potential, and influencing factors based on quantitative methods such as social network analysis. The results show that the urban cluster in Qiandongnan presents “large dispersion and small aggregation” distribution characteristics, with the karst landscape as the main influencing factor; the spatial network exhibits a scale-free morphology with an obvious core–periphery structure, demonstrating moderate stability but poor completeness, weak equilibrium, and low overall resilience; only 15.61% of nodes demonstrate high competitiveness; urban units with functional roles serve as critical network nodes; urban units’ development potential is divided into three tiers (with 47.31% being medium-high), although overall levels remain low; and the development potential, overall network, individual network, and network resilience of urban units are all positively correlated, with economic and transportation development conditions being the main influencing factors. Based on the abovementioned findings, this study proposes a “multi-level resilience promotion path for network structure optimization”, which provides a theoretical basis and optimization control methods for the reconstruction and synergistic development of urban agglomerations. It also serves as a reference for the development planning of urban systems in other underdeveloped mountainous regions.
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spelling doaj-art-d05fa0f48cbe40caaa16dcee396da1972025-08-20T02:45:50ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2025-07-01147150010.3390/land14071500Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous PrefectureHuayan Yuan0Jinyu Fan1Jie Luo2Rui Ren3Hai Li4College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, ChinaFourth Engineering Division Guizhou Investment & Construction Co., Ltd., Guiyang 550081, ChinaChina Construction Fourth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd., Guiyang 510665, ChinaGuizhou Provincial Urban & Rural Planning Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Guiyang 510665, ChinaUrban systems are the spatial carriers of social and economic relations at the regional level, and their relational and structural resilience are key to regional coordination and sustainable development, attracting widespread attention from scholars. In order to analyze the internal relationships of urban agglomerations in underdeveloped mountainous regions and optimize their spatial resource allocation and resilience, this study takes the urban agglomeration of Qiandongnan in China as an example and researches their internal relationships, development potential, and influencing factors based on quantitative methods such as social network analysis. The results show that the urban cluster in Qiandongnan presents “large dispersion and small aggregation” distribution characteristics, with the karst landscape as the main influencing factor; the spatial network exhibits a scale-free morphology with an obvious core–periphery structure, demonstrating moderate stability but poor completeness, weak equilibrium, and low overall resilience; only 15.61% of nodes demonstrate high competitiveness; urban units with functional roles serve as critical network nodes; urban units’ development potential is divided into three tiers (with 47.31% being medium-high), although overall levels remain low; and the development potential, overall network, individual network, and network resilience of urban units are all positively correlated, with economic and transportation development conditions being the main influencing factors. Based on the abovementioned findings, this study proposes a “multi-level resilience promotion path for network structure optimization”, which provides a theoretical basis and optimization control methods for the reconstruction and synergistic development of urban agglomerations. It also serves as a reference for the development planning of urban systems in other underdeveloped mountainous regions.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1500social network analysisurban system relationshipmulti-dimensiongravity modelresilience improvement
spellingShingle Huayan Yuan
Jinyu Fan
Jie Luo
Rui Ren
Hai Li
Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
Land
social network analysis
urban system relationship
multi-dimension
gravity model
resilience improvement
title Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
title_full Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
title_fullStr Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
title_full_unstemmed Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
title_short Study on Urban System Relationships and Resilience Promotion Strategies in Underdeveloped Mountainous Areas Based on Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture
title_sort study on urban system relationships and resilience promotion strategies in underdeveloped mountainous areas based on social network analysis a case study of qiandongnan miao and dong autonomous prefecture
topic social network analysis
urban system relationship
multi-dimension
gravity model
resilience improvement
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1500
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