Measuring the Imbalance of Regional Development from Outer Space in China

Abstract We develop a statistical framework to use the data of night-time-lights (DN) from satellite augment official GDP measures, and non-linear substitution relationship between DN is given. In this paper, we take advantage instead measure imbalance regional development (IRD) in China by using method bi-dimensional decomposition under population-weighted coefficient variation. The enables us analyze contributions components within-region between-regions inequality which has been proposed, can get conclusion that rather than main reason for influence IRD whole country China.