中文摘要：

基于对河南省信阳市一个典型村的城镇化进程实地调研,从人口、经济、景观和社会四个角度对城镇化特征和驱动机制进行分析和解释。研究结果表明：中部欠发达丘陵区城镇化根本动力源于政府宏观政策的变革,继而在经济发展推力和社会需求拉力共同作用下逐步推进;城镇化过程中人口迁移以本地或就近转移为主,传统农业逐步向专业化和特色化过渡;非农经济成为村民收入主体,同时也是塑造乡村经济空间和自然景观的主导力量,造就了村域的二元景观格局;农户迁居选址的环境和交通权重加强,传统亲缘和邻里关系的影响弱化,加剧了村域社会经济结构的空间分异,是村民价值观和生活理念更新的表征,也将引导城镇化进程向纵深发展。

英文摘要：

On the basis of investigating the urbanization process of a typical rural in Xinyang, Henan Province, this paper analyzes and interprets the features and driving mechanism of urbanization in the underdeveloped hilly areas in terms of population, economy, landscape and society. The results of the research show that the fundamental driving force of rural urbanization in the undeveloped and hilly land areas in central China is the change of governmental macroeconomic policies, along with the thrust of economic development and the pull of social demands. The population migration during the urbanization occurs mainly in local or nearby places, and the traditional agriculture has been gradually transformed to specialized and characteristic agriculture. Non-agricultural economy has come to be the main source of local residents＇ income and also the dominant force shaping the rural economy and landscape space, creating a dichotomy landscape pattern. The selection of rural residents＇ location has attached greater importance to environment and transportation, weakening the traditional kinship and neighborhood and intensifying the spatial differentiation of social-economy structure in village domain, which reflects the rural residents＇ change in values and life philosophy and causes the urbanization to continue.