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Explicating the responses of NDVI and GDP to the poverty alleviation policy in poverty areas of China in the 21st century

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  • ZeMeng Fan
  • XuYang Bai
  • Na Zhao

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The economy in the poverty-stricken areas of China has grown rapidly in response to poverty alleviation policies in the 21st century. To explicate the response of the eco-environment to rapid economic growth in the 14 contiguous areas of dire poverty in China, we developed a method of evaluating the impact of poverty alleviation policies on ecological health. Based on the yearly data of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from 2000 to 2019, the dynamic changes in NDVI and GDP were calculated, and the development patterns in the 14 contiguous areas of dire poverty were evaluated and classified. The results show that both annual GDP per capita and average annual NDVI exhibited an increasing trend, increasing by 43.81% and 0.84% per year, respectively. The development of the 14 contiguous areas of dire poverty all presented a coordinated and sustainable (A) development pattern during the period from 2000 to 2019. The consistency of economic and ecological health development between 2000 and 2013 was less than that between 2014 and 2019. Moreover, the result indicates that it is necessary to make timely adjustments to poverty alleviation strategies based on the positive consistency between economic growth and ecological health.

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  • ZeMeng Fan & XuYang Bai & Na Zhao, 2022. "Explicating the responses of NDVI and GDP to the poverty alleviation policy in poverty areas of China in the 21st century," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-16, August.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271983
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