title: Topography and spatial population dualism in the People's Republic of China (1933-1990).
abstract: "Looking at half a century of available data, a sharp spatial dualism is observed in the regional population distribution of the People's Republic of China. The vast share of the PRC's population is located in the Eastern and South-Eastern regions. Two topographical variables related to accessibility, distance from the eastern seaboard and elevation, seem to be at the core of this dualism. Their isolated and combined effects upon the spatial distribution of the PRC's population are examined for the period 1933-1990. It is documented that the population concentration in certain regions of the PRC is not so much because of their proximity to the seaboard, but because of their low elevation, especially in the eastern part of the nation. Also documented is a result indicating that in time the combined effects of these impedances on the regional population distribution in the PRC is linearly declining."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density
keywords: Asia; China; Developing Countries; Distance; Eastern Asia; Geographic Factors; Population; Population Density; Spatial Distribution--determinants