Identification, structure and dynamic characteristics of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei mega-city region

Wen, Yali; Thill, Jean‐Claude

doi:10.1093/cjres/rsw023

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“…Second, the findings reported here were also in line with conclusions from previous studies. For instance, at the UA scale, previous studies have also found that the distribution of city sizes became more even in the BTHA (Wen and Thill, 2016) and the YRDA (Wang et al, 2016) but more concentrated in the PRDA (Li et al, 2007), respectively.…”

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Similarities and differences of city-size distributions in three main urban agglomerations of China from 1992 to 2015: A comparative study based on nighttime light data

Gao

Huang

et al. 2017

J. Geogr. Sci.

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Comparing the city-size distribution at the urban agglomeration (UA) scale is important for understanding the processes of urban development. However, comparative studies of city-size distribution among China's three largest UAs, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei agglomeration (BTHA), the Yangtze River Delta agglomeration (YRDA), and the Pearl River Delta agglomeration (PRDA), remain inadequate due to the limitation of data availability. Therefore, using urban data derived from time-series nighttime light data, the common characteristics and distinctive features of city-size distribution among the three UAs from 1992 to 2015 were compared by the Pareto regression and the rank clock method. We identified two common features. First, the city-size distribution became more even. The Pareto exponents increased by 0.17, 0.12, and 0.01 in the YRDA, BTHA, and PRDA, respectively. Second, the average ranks of small cities ascended, being 0.55, 0.08 and 0.04 in the three UAs, respectively. However, the average ranks of large and medium cities in the three UAs experienced different trajectories, which are closely related to the similarities and differences in the driving forces for the development of UAs. Place-based measures are encouraged to promote a coordinated development among cities of differing sizes in the three UAs.

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Section: Nighttime Light Data Provide An Alternative Measure For Exammentioning

confidence: 96%

Similarities and differences of city-size distributions in three main urban agglomerations of China from 1992 to 2015: A comparative study based on nighttime light data

Gao

Huang

et al. 2017

J. Geogr. Sci.

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“…This unsurprisingly makes plans for the development of megaregions complex. Socioeconomic variables such as population, employment, economic output, built-up areas and nighttime light data are widely employed to estimate the (morphological) polycentricity of megaregions (Wang & Duan, 2018;Wei, Taubenbock, & Blaschke, 2017;Wen & Thill, 2016;Taubenbock, Standfus, Wurm, Krehl, & Siedentop, 2017). The conventional approach, which is based on the 'characteristics' or 'attributes' of cities, has emphasized the effects of individual member regions but ignored inter-regional linkages within city networks (Liu, Derudder, & Wu, 2016).…”

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Measuring polycentric structures of megaregions in China: Linking morphological and functional dimensions

Chen

Golubchikov

Liu

2020

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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The idea of megaregions, which focuses on polycentricity, competitiveness, and integration attracts much attention in research and policy. China has used megaregions as a normative governance framework that leverages polycentric regional development for balancing economic competitiveness and spatial development. This paper explores to what extent these megaregions actually reveal polycentric versus monocentric structures. The analysis demonstrates a divergence between the morphological and functional organization of China’s megaregions. Five types of megaregions are identified as per the relationships between the morphological and functional dimensions. Functionally, the Pearl River Delta, Shandong Peninsula, and Yangtze River Delta are among the most polycentric megaregions. The majority of others, even where morphologically polycentric, do not exhibit high degrees of functional polycentricity. The study demonstrates a problematic nature of megaregions as a governance agenda for regional polycentricity. It argues that if China genuinely wants to achieve greater levels of polycentricity and spatial cohesion, differentiated policies should be implemented for megaregions.

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“…This study draws upon an investigation of the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) mega city-region around Shanghai. Together with the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (surrounding the national capital of Beijing), the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (centered on Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong), and the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin, these regions are national economic engines in the making and constitute the platform of China’s further reform and opening-up in the coming years (Hui et al, 2020; Wen and Thill, 2016). Against this backdrop, the governance and planning for these regions has attracted wide policy interests and scholarly attention (Dong and Kübler, 2020; Li and Wu, 2018; Xu and Yeh, 2008; Zou, 2022).…”

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Governing cities through regions: Evolution of regional plans for the Yangtze River Delta mega city-region

Chen

Yuan

Sun

et al. 2023

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research

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The growth of regional plans in China since the new millennium has raised debates regarding the recentralization of the state in response to the crisis of urban entrepreneurialism. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region is a case in point for exploration. As the first regional plan of its kind, orchestrated over the YRD, two additional plans have been formulated for this region in the subsequent years. By analyzing the recurrent regional plan experiments in the YRD, this study identified two dominant features that characterized the current regional plan trend in China. The first is the special attention paid to the positioning of the regional territory in the national and international context. The second is the importance attached to the national policy delivery in multilevel government systems. This case study illustrates that the rise of regional plans made by the state does not indicate a departure from entrepreneurial governance. Instead, it represents a “nationalized” YRD entrepreneurial strategy, whereby the national aspirations are regionalized around the YRD. In addition, it manifests recurrent experiments for a governance fix by the state to regulate municipal developments via regional plans without fundamental structural reforms. Through regional plans, the state manages to govern the cities with strategic significance.

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Identification, structure and dynamic characteristics of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei mega-city region

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Similarities and differences of city-size distributions in three main urban agglomerations of China from 1992 to 2015: A comparative study based on nighttime light data

Similarities and differences of city-size distributions in three main urban agglomerations of China from 1992 to 2015: A comparative study based on nighttime light data

Measuring polycentric structures of megaregions in China: Linking morphological and functional dimensions

Governing cities through regions: Evolution of regional plans for the Yangtze River Delta mega city-region

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