Spatial inequality in the city-regions in the Yangtze River Valley, China
Spatial inequality in the city-regions in the Yangtze River Valley, China
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DOI：
10.1177/0042098019898145
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发表时间：
2020-01
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Huan Li;Y. Wei;Elfie Swerts
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作者：
Huan Li;Y. Wei;Elfie Swerts
城市-区域已成为中国国家空间战略的重要尺度，以促进公平和可持续发展。本文从人口、土地、GDP和生产率四个方面考察了长江流域城市区域的空间不平等，并分析了人均GDP的变化规律和影响因素。研究发现，长江流域的空间形态具有典型的城市区域特征，大城市周边的人口密度和生产率较高，且从长江流域下游到中上游呈下降趋势。我们还发现，城市地区之间的不平等是很高的，大多数不平等是由于城市地区内部的差异。我们发现，YRV是由资本密集型和劳动密集型增长驱动的，生产率的重要性正在显现。我们的分析揭示了制度因素的重要性，包括区域发展中的市场化、全球化、分散化和城市化进程。此外，非国有部门在经济增长中的重要性一直在增加，而全球化的作用一直在下降。
The city-region has emerged as an important scale of state spatial strategy in China to promote equitable and sustainable development. This study investigates the spatial inequality of city-regions in the Yangtze River Valley (YRV) in terms of population, land, GDP and productivity, and examines changing patterns and factors of GDP per capita. We find that the spatial form of the YRV is typical of city-regions in China, where population density and productivity around mega-cities are much higher and decline from the low to the middle and upper reaches of the YRV. We also find that inequality across city-regions is high, and that most inequality is due to differences within city-regions. We find that the YRV is driven by capital-intensive and labour-intensive growth, with an emerging significance of productivity. Our analysis reveals the significance of institutional factors, including the processes of marketisation, globalisation, decentralisation and urbanisation in regional development. Moreover, the importance of the non-state sector in economic growth has been increasing, while the role of globalisation has been declining.