区域经济转型度的内涵及其评价——以湘西地区为例

经济转型是区域经济发展的重要方面,也是区域经济学、经济地理学等研究的重要内容,对其转型度的研究具有理论价值与实践意义。区域经济转型度涉及转型的速度、广度、深度、向度和易度等5个方面,论文据此构建了区域经济转型度评价指标体系,提出了区域经济转型度评价方法,并以湘西地区为例开展了实证研究,结果表明：① 湘西地区经济转型发展变化较快,相对于2000年现已进入高转型阶段,但转型指数仍不高,仅略高于高转型水平的最低值0.517,与省内外发达地区的差距仍较明显,有待进一步发展提升;② 从各系统的转型态势看,2001—2011年,湘西地区经济转型速度发展较快,转型广度呈下降趋势,转型深度跃升发展,转型向度不断调整优化,转型易度有所提升;③ 经济转型向度系统是导致湘西地区经济转型的主要原因,其次为转型深度系统和转型易度系统,转型速度系统和转型广度系统的影响也不容忽视。

Connotation and Evaluation of Regional Economic Transition Degree—A Case Study of the Western Hunan Area

Economic transition is an important aspect of regional economic development, and also an important content of regional economics and economic geography study. There are great theoretical value and practical significance to study the degree of economic transition. Region economic transition index involves five aspects which are economic transition speed, economic transition breadth, economic transition depth, economic transition direction and economic transition easiness. According to these five aspects, the paper built an economic transition evaluation index system, proposed an evaluation method of regional economic transition, and took western Hunan area as an example to carry out the empirical research. The results showed that: 1) The economic transition of the western Hunan area was rapidly. Compared to 2000, it has now entered a high transition phase. But the transition index is still low, only slightly higher than the minimum value of the high level of 0.517, and the gap between the western Hunan area and the developed areas inside and outside Hunan is still evident and needs to be narrowed. 2) In terms of each subsystem, the transition speed in western Hunan area had a rapid increase in 2001-2011; the transition breadth had a downward trend; the transition depth had jumped up; the transition dimension was continuously adjusting and optimizing; and the transition easiness degree has been improved. 3) Economic transition direction system is the main factor of economic transition in western Hunan area, followed by transition depth system and transition easiness system, while the effect of transition breadth system and transition speed system also cannot be ignored.