Author(s)

Kaiguang Zhang, Hongling Meng, Mingting Ba, Danhuan Wen

School of Geography and Tourism, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, China.

The population spatial distribution pattern and its evolving pattern play an important role in regional allocation of social resources and production factors, formulation of regional development plans, construction of a better life society, and promotion of regional economic development. Based on the resident population statistics data of Henan province from 2006 to 2021, with county as the basic study unit, the paper studies the spatial morphology characteristics and its evolution patterns of resident population distribution, by using spatial analysis methods such as population distribution center, standard deviation ellipse, and spatial auto correlation analysis. The results show that: the resident population spatial distribution shows unbalanced state, the population agglomeration areas mainly distribute in the northeast part and north part, where the resident population growth rate is significantly higher than other regions, over time, this trend is gradually becoming significant. The resident population distribution has a trend of centripetal concentration, with the degree and trend of centripetal gradually strengthening. The resident population distribution has obvious directional characteristics, but the significance is not high, the weighted resident population average center is approximately located at (4.13740˚N, 113.8935˚E), and the azimuth of the distribution axis is approximately 11.19˚. The population distribution has obvious agglomeration characteristics, with the built-up areas of Zhengzhou and Luoyang as their centers, where have a significant siphon effect on the surrounding population. The southern and southwestern regions in the province form a relatively stable belt area of Low-Low agglomeration areas.

Resident Population Spatial Distribution, Spatial Morphology, Temporal and Spatial Evolution, Center Migration, Standard Deviation Ellipse, Spatial Autocorrelation

Zhang, K. , Meng, H. , Ba, M. and Wen, D. (2024) Spatial Morphology Evolution Characteristics Analysis of the Resident Population Distribution in Henan, China. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 12, 163-180. doi: 10.4236/gep.2024.123010.