THE DYNAMIC CHANGES AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN POVERTY IN CHINA
研究了中国城市贫困的标准、构成和动态变化，描述了其空间分布特征，将各省分为五类贫困区域，并从自然条件、经济发展等五方面分析原因，得出贫困集中于中西部老工业基地、失业者为主力、结构性特征明显、农民工成新贫困群体等结论。
Since the 1990s,the problem of urban poverty has become more and more outstanding.Through discussing the standard and the meaning of urban poverty in China,this paper analyzed the composition of urban poor and the characteristics of dynamical changes.This paper also described the spatial distribution of China's urban poor phenomenon.According to the incidence that urban poverty takes places,all the provinces of China can be divided into 5 parts: the generally getting rid of poverty areas,low poverty areas,moderate poverty areas,high poverty areas and severe poverty areas.The thesis studied the reasons from 5 aspects: Natural conditions,economic development,industrial characteristics,educational background and employment opportunities.Then we can get four conclusions at the end of the paper.Firstly,the distribution of the urban poor had the typical regional characteristics.The poor people mainly gather in the old industrial base of central areas and western areas of China.Secondly,the jobless people are a major component of urban poor.Thirdly,the structural feature of urban poor is prominent.The poor class is vulnerable to be eliminated by the society changes.Finally,rural migrant workers in cities become the new poverty-stricken group.The cities is larger,the scale of migrant workers is greater.