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1、18世纪末至19世纪末的美国西进运动是美国国内的一次大规模移民拓殖运动，是美国拓展西部疆域，开发广阔西部的过程，也是美国城市化、工业化和美利坚民族大融合的过程。其中所涉及的疆域东至阿巴拉契亚山，西至太平洋沿岸的广大地区，面积约相当于美国国土的三分之四。这场史无前例的开创性事件对美国的经济、政治和社会都产生了重大而深远的影响。China'swesternregiondevelopmentstrategyandtheurgentneedtoaddresscreepingenvironmentalproblemsbyMichaelH.Gla
2、ntz,QianYeandQuanshengGe"...itisimportant,ifnotimperative,thatplannerstakethetimetoseriouslyconsidermanyofthepotentialobstaclestheyarelikelytofaceandthatcouldderailtheirwesterndevelopmentgoals."·Introduction·China'swesternregion·China'sWesternRegionDevelopmentStrategy·S
3、omeenvironmentalconcerns...·...Andsomesuggestions·References·Authorinformation·AdditionalwebresourcesIntroduction(Backtotop)AJapaneseresearcher,ProfessorYabuki,hascomparedChina'sprovincestovariouscountriesaroundtheglobeintermsofgeographicarea,percapitaincomeandpopulatio
4、nsize.WhileChinacoversabout7percentoftheEarth'slandsurface,ithasabout20percentorsooftheEarth'shumanpopulation.Alookinsidethecountryalongvariousdemographicandnaturallandfeaturesshowsthatthereisaninvisiblelinethatdividesthecountryalongseveraldimensions:eastern(coastal)and
5、westernprovinces,ethnicChineseandethnicminorities,highpopulationdensityintheeastandlowdensityinthewest,relativeaffluenceintheeastversusthewest,upperreachesofmajorwaterresourcesinthewestandmajordownstreamusersintheeast,favoredeconomicdevelopmentplansfortheeastasopposedto
6、thewesternprovinces(untilrecently),andsoforth.ThumbnaillinktomapofChinashowing'hotspots'and'glasswall'Suchaninvisibleline,avirtualglasswallbasedoneconomics,politics,rawmaterials,levelsofdevelopment,andethnicity,tendstoreinforceregionaldifferencesorcleavagesbetweenthosew
7、hoinhabittheregiontotheeastofthelineandthosetothewestofit.DuringthepasttwodecadesunderDengXiaoping's"OpenDoor"policy,Chinahasbeendevelopingratherrapidlybymoststandards,particularlyitseastern,coastalregions.Thewesternregion,however,hasbeenleftbehindwithwideningdisparitie
8、sbetweentheeastandwestwithregardtosuchconditionsaseducation,economy,infrastructure,andsocialdevelopment.Enligh
