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Title:: Exploration of modern Yunnan urbanization from the perspective of environmental history

Author(s):: LIU Cui-rong ; Institute of Taiwan History, “Academia Sinica” of Taiwan, Taibei 000222, Taiwan, China

Keywords:: environmental history; modern Yunnan; urbanization; regional difference; environmental factor

Abstract:: The urban development of modern Yunnan can be traced back from the midnineteenth century, especially the development of Kunming is booming during the AntiJapanese War. The exploration of Yunnan urbanization problems and its solutions from the perspective of environmental history is not only the most relevant problem in the process of Yunnan urbanization, but also an opportunity to promote the study of Yunnan environmental history. The results show that Yunnan urbanization is gradually processed with the implementation of the urbanization strategies after the reform and opening up in 1978. The geographical environment, population density and per capita gross national production are factors of urban development, distribution of the city also has regional differences and different environmental factors, and Yunnan urbanization and its environmental development are vital driving forces to the strategies for its urban development and sustainable development.