Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Influencing Factors Analysis of Urban-Rural Integrated Development Level in Yunnan Province

Urban-rural integration is an important measure for handling urban-rural relations in the context of the new era, and it is also a crucial breakthrough for realizing the rural revitalization strategy. This paper takes the 16 prefectures and cities in Yunnan Province from 2014 to 2022 as the research objects, measures their urban-rural integration development level by using the entropy method, selects the Dagum Gini coefficient and kernel density estimation to analyze the regional differences and evolution trends of the urban-rural integration development level in Yunnan Province, and studies the influencing factors of the urban-rural integration development level through the fixed effect model. The results show that: (1) The overall urban-rural integration level in Yunnan Province has been increasing year by year, and the spatial integration level is relatively high; the urban-rural integration level in the central Yunnan region is the highest, and that in other regions has been steadily rising. (2) The overall difference in the urban-rural integration level has been fluctuating and decreasing, among which the difference between regions is the main source. (3) The income gap between urban and rural areas, the level of transportation infrastructure, the industrial structure, and the level of scientific and technological innovation are the key factors affecting the urban-rural integration development level in Yunnan Province. Based on this, this paper explores the practical paths to promote urban-rural integration in Yunnan Province, with the aim of providing useful references for achieving the coordinated development of urban and rural areas in Yunnan Province.