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Regional development imbalances in China across economic, social, and ecological dimensions are not synchronized, with economic disparities showing a rise-then-decline pattern while social disparities fluctuate strongly and ecological disparities change mildly. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To measure and analyze the long-term spatiotemporal evolution of regional development imbalance across coupled economic, social, and ecological dimensions.

September 5, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

Multidimensional Measurement and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Regional Development Imbalance in China

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JGJingjing Gao CZChangbiao Zhong

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Longitudinal panel analysis reveals non-synchronized economic, social, and ecological disparities across Chinese provinces, highlighting the necessity of multidimensional governance.

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To measure and analyze the long-term spatiotemporal evolution of regional development imbalance across coupled economic, social, and ecological dimensions.
Analyzed provincial panel data from 1990 to 2023 across four major geographical zones: Southeast, Central, Western, and Northeast China.
Quantified comprehensive development scores across economic, social, and ecological indicators using the entropy-weight TOPSIS method.
Decomposed overall regional imbalances into intra-regional, inter-regional, and transvariation components using the Dagum Gini coefficient.
Regional imbalances across dimensions were asynchronous: economic imbalance followed an inverted U-shaped path, social imbalance exhibited marked fluctuations, and ecological disparity changed mildly.
Cross-zone overlaps were pronounced for intra-provincial social and ecological disparities, whereas economic disparity overlap weakened continuously after 2000, establishing a clear regional gradient.

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Gao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4726b95aff0620ec2d1 https://doi.org/10.3390/su18179073

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September 5, 2026SustainabilityOpen Access

Multidimensional Measurement and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Regional Development Imbalance in China

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Authors

JGJingjing Gao CZChangbiao Zhong

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Longitudinal panel analysis reveals non-synchronized economic, social, and ecological disparities across Chinese provinces, highlighting the necessity of multidimensional governance.

Key Points

To measure and analyze the long-term spatiotemporal evolution of regional development imbalance across coupled economic, social, and ecological dimensions.
Analyzed provincial panel data from 1990 to 2023 across four major geographical zones: Southeast, Central, Western, and Northeast China.
Quantified comprehensive development scores across economic, social, and ecological indicators using the entropy-weight TOPSIS method.
Decomposed overall regional imbalances into intra-regional, inter-regional, and transvariation components using the Dagum Gini coefficient.
Regional imbalances across dimensions were asynchronous: economic imbalance followed an inverted U-shaped path, social imbalance exhibited marked fluctuations, and ecological disparity changed mildly.
Cross-zone overlaps were pronounced for intra-provincial social and ecological disparities, whereas economic disparity overlap weakened continuously after 2000, establishing a clear regional gradient.

Cite This Study

Gao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd4726b95aff0620ec2d1 https://doi.org/10.3390/su18179073

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