What does new urbanization mean?

New urbanization refers to the process of population concentration in cities and towns.

The characteristics of new urbanization are urban-rural overall planning, urban-rural integration, urban-rural interaction, economy and intensification, ecological livability and harmonious development. It is the urbanization of large, medium and small cities, small towns and new rural communities that develop harmoniously and promote each other.

New urbanization refers to the process of population concentration in cities and towns. This process is manifested in two aspects, on the one hand, the increase in the number of towns, on the other hand, the continuous expansion of urban population.

In the process of new urbanization, the proportion of the primary industry has gradually decreased, while the proportion of the secondary and tertiary industries has gradually increased, accompanied by the structural changes of population flowing from rural areas to cities.

The core of new urbanization lies in not sacrificing agriculture and food, ecology and environment, taking farmers as the center, covering rural areas, realizing the integration of urban and rural infrastructure and equalization of public services, promoting economic and social development, and achieving common prosperity.

Development path of new urbanization

The requirement of new urbanization is to continuously improve the quality connotation of urbanization construction. Compared with the traditional formulation, the new urbanization emphasizes the overall improvement of internal quality, that is, it promotes the transformation of urbanization from focusing on the increase of quantity and scale to focusing on the improvement of quality connotation.

For a long time, we are used to extensive land use and energy use, and put forward the importance of taking the road of resource conservation and environmental friendliness after new urbanization. In the past, relying mainly on central cities, after putting forward new urbanization, it emphasized the inevitability of coordinated development of urban agglomerations, large, medium and small cities and small towns.