Factors Affecting the Economic Development and Urbanization of Mountain Area - Taking Yunnan Provinces as an Example

摘要

Urbanization of mountain area is an important part of a country's economic development. This paper use a data set of province-level per capita gross domestic product and socio-economic data, as well as statistical methods panel OLS to explore the determinants of growth at the district level in 2009 and 2014. The result shows that population density have some impacts on the growth, development level of market access and the second and third industries are the main factors affecting the economic development of Yunnan. In the process of urbanization development in Yunnan, we should firstly fully exploited geographical advantage and unique resource conditions of each region to promote the development of the second and third industries; secondly improving the transportation infrastructure construction of facilities, and promote trade circulation between regions; thirdly strengthen the construction of regional central cities, and improve the economic radiation of the central cities.