Dublin Core
Titre
Population, superficie cultivée et développement en Chine : le cas du Shandong.
Sujet
Population ; Shandong ; China
Population ; Chine ; Shandong
Description
Cette étude propose, à partir du cas de la province du Shandong, une analyse critique de certains schémas classiques ou idées reçues concernant la géographie de la population chinoise. A l'aide de cartes élaborées notamment à partir du ratio densités rurales/superficie cultivée, il ressort que le Shandong constitue une anomalie de taille par rapport au contraste habituel entre plaines surpeuplées et hauteurs vides tel qu'a pu le définir par exemple P. Gourou. Les notions de saturation de l'espace cultivé et de surpopulation, et plus généralement la problématique néo-malthusienne sont également fortement relativisées. Il est, enfin, montré que le degré de développement local n'est que marginalement déterminé par le niveau de la pression démographique.
Population, Cultivated Lands and Development in China : the Case of the Shandong Province.
Through the case of the Shandong Province, this study aims at developing a critical analysis of some classic models concerning Chinese population geography. Some maps, based on the ratio rural densities/cultivated areas, show Shandong as being a significantly anomalous province, with respect to the usual contrast between overpopulated plains and unpeopled uplands, as P. Gourou has definited it. The notion of saturation of cultivated areas, as well as that of overpopulation, more generally, the neo-malthusian principle, are thrown back into question. Lastly, it appears that local development level is only slightly determined by demographic pression.
Through the case of the Shandong Province, this study aims at developing a critical analysis of some classic models concerning Chinese population geography. Some maps, based on the ratio rural densities/cultivated areas, show Shandong as being a significantly anomalous province, with respect to the usual contrast between overpopulated plains and unpeopled uplands, as P. Gourou has definited it. The notion of saturation of cultivated areas, as well as that of overpopulation, more generally, the neo-malthusian principle, are thrown back into question. Lastly, it appears that local development level is only slightly determined by demographic pression.
Giroir Guillaume. Population, superficie cultivée et développement en Chine : le cas du Shandong.. In: Espace, populations, sociétés, 1995-2. Les populations d'Asie orientale. pp. 219-230.
Créateur
Guillaume Giroir
Éditeur
PERSEE
Date
1995
Langue
fre
Type
article
Identifiant
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/espos_0755-7809_1995_num_13_2_1692
doi:10.3406/espos.1995.1692
Couverture
219-230