Title: Spatial pattern of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration:from the new economic geography perspective
Abstract: The world is uneven from the economic geography's point of view, and urban agglomeration evolves also unevenly. The development of urban agglomeration space is a process of increasing decreasing distance, and diminishing division/enhancing integration. Based on the 2009 annual report of the World Bank, this article builds a density, distance, division(3D) framework using new economic geography theory, and calculates and analyzes the spatial development state of cities in the Yangtze River Delta at the macro level. The results show that:(1) Urbanization mainly depends on increasing economic density; regional development mainly relies on overcoming the constraints; and regional integration depends on reducing segmentation and enhancing integration. Therefore constitute an appropriate framework to analyze the regional development and urban agglomeration integration process;(2) Shanghai, Suzhou, and Wuxi, where the local economy is more advanced, showed a 3D type of urban spatial development, while Changzhou and Nanjing, and Hangzhou exhibited the density-distance and distance-division 2D type of development, respectively. Nantong, Zhenjiang, Jiaxing, and Huzhou displayed a distance 1D type of development, while Shaoxing, Zhoushan, and Ningbo illustrated a division 1D type, and Yangzhou and other cities showed a 0D type of spatial development;(3) Economic psychological distance, manufacturing specialization index, and foreign direct investment have played important roles in labor productivity in the cities, while the factor was not significant, which indicates that increasing the density and strengthening the integration of internal and external resources are more important than shortening the between cities in promoting economic development in this region.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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