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The impact of soil erosion on internal migration in China

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  • Hua Zhang
  • Li Zhuang

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The impact of environmental change on internal migration has received wide attention in recent years. Mass internal migration has been a significant economic and social phenomenon in China, and soil erosion is a major environmental problem that impacts sustainable socioeconomic development. This study aims to identify the impact of soil erosion on internal migration in China at the county level based on gravity model by analyzing related data, such as the sixth national population census data and the soil and water conservation survey data. The results of spatial overlay could not identify an obvious relationship between soil erosion and net outmigration in China. The traditional gravity model of migration is modified to analyze the impact of soil erosion on net outmigration while other variables are controlled. The results indicate that only serious soil erosion increases the possibility of outmigration and that the impact is considerably higher in agricultural counties than in non-agricultural counties. In general, the impact of soil erosion on internal migration is far less than the impact of socioeconomic factors.

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  • Hua Zhang & Li Zhuang, 2019. "The impact of soil erosion on internal migration in China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-17, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0215124
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215124
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