scholarly journals Analysis of Spatial Wharf Pattern of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Penglin Zhang ◽  
Hongli Li ◽  
Junqiang Wang ◽  
Jiewen Hong
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Water Transportation ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta

Wharves, which play a vital role in ensuring and promoting social progress and national economic development, are important in water transportation. At present, studies on related fields mainly focus on ports. A robust research system has been formed through the continuous development of port geography from the perspective of space. However, the number of relevant studies on wharves is limited. This study explores the spatial distribution characteristics of wharves in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration by using spatial analysis methods, such as nearest neighbor index, multi-distance spatial clustering, kernel density estimation, and standard deviation ellipse. Moreover, it evaluates the allocation level of wharves from different scales by constructing an index system based on the location data of 1264 wharves in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration. Results show that the spatial pattern of wharves exhibits evident aggregation and regional differences. The spatial distribution of wharves is characterized by a “band” structure, which is densely distributed along the Yangtze River and the eastern coast. The allocation level of wharves presents evident agglomeration at different scales. The relationship between the spatial wharf pattern and the economy shows that high gross domestic product and total imports and exports correspond to a considerable number of wharves.

scholarly journals Study on Agglomeration Level and Effect of Equipment Manufacturing Industry in the Yangtze Delta Urban Agglomeration

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Min Zhou ◽  
Sheng Li ◽  
Yu Wu
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Agglomeration Effect ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing Industry ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta

This paper analyzes the agglomeration level and agglomeration effect of 8 subindustries of equipment manufacturing industry and 26 prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). From the perspective of industry, the agglomeration change trend of 8 subsectors of equipment manufacturing industry from 2006 to 2016 in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA) is analyzed. From the perspective of cities, the spatial differences of equipment manufacturing agglomeration degree in 26 prefecture-level cities in the YRDUA are discussed. By using CES production function, the agglomeration effect of equipment manufacturing agglomeration is studied. The results show that the YRDUA has formed an agglomeration pattern of equipment manufacturing industry, with Shanghai as the core, and Hefei, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing as the auxiliary cities, and the overall agglomeration effect in the region is relatively obvious.

Government cooperation, market integration, and energy efficiency in urban agglomerations—Based on the quasi-natural experiment of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Economic Coordination Committee

2021 ◽  
pp. 0958305X2110474
Author(s):  
Da Gao ◽  
Ge Li ◽  
Yi Li
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta

Energy efficiency is the key to green development, and the government plays a vital role in energy efficiency. This paper clarifies the mechanism by which the Yangtze River Delta Economic Coordination Committee affects the energy efficiency of urban agglomeration by promoting market integration. Based on panel data of China's prefecture-level cities from 2004 to 2017, we take the Yangtze River Delta Economic Coordination Committee as a quasi-natural experiment of government cooperation and use the difference-in-difference method to test whether this organization has enhanced the energy efficiency of urban agglomeration. The results show that the Yangtze River Delta Economic Coordination Committee can significantly improve energy efficiency in urban agglomerations. The mechanism analysis shows that it reduces the energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product by enhancing the marketization level, perfecting the relationship between the government and the market, and improving the factor market development. The heterogeneity analysis shows that cities with lower city size, lower level of innovation, and cleaner industrial structures gain more benefits in energy efficiency from government cooperation in urban agglomeration. This paper provides empirical evidence for cities to realize integrated energy conservation through government cooperation and market integration.

Locating the interstitial island: Integration of Zhoushan Archipelago into the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration

Urban Studies ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 004209802093798
Author(s):  
Huan Zhang ◽  
Adam Grydehøj
Keyword(s):  
Yangtze River ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Zhoushan Archipelago ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Urban Functions

Amidst the debate concerning how to interpret the emergence of new forms of urbanism in today’s world, little attention has been given to urban interstices – the inter-urban boundary areas and interface zones that facilitate exchange between and within vast urban systems. The present paper considers how place is made and developed at these interstices, which frequently provide essential urban functions but are also frequently regarded as rural. We explore this topic through the case of Zhoushan Archipelago (Zhejiang Province, China), an interface zone both between cities within the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and between the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and other megaregions. Like many islands, Zhoushan Archipelago has long been conceptualised as peripheral to the urban yet has simultaneously performed vital urban functions. The paper uses this case to shed light on what interstitiality (in-betweenness) means in today’s urbanism, both for the people living ‘in-between’ and for the wider urban system.

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