Understanding the Regional Integration Process from the Perspective of Agglomeration and Urban Networks: Case Study in Central China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Framework for Understanding Regional Integration from the Perspective of Agglomeration and Urban Networks
2.1. Literature Review
2.2. Theoretical Background
2.2.1. Theoretical Framework
2.2.2. Conception: Coupling Distance
- Passive state: if a peripheral city’s ability to offer comparative advantages and receive elements from the central city gradually weakens or competition with other cities pushes it out of the arena, it then becomes an “agglomeration shadow” within the urban agglomeration.
- Active state: occurs when either the sending system (i.e., the peripheral city) actively seeks external contact and can thus divert its attention from the original core or the original center loses its centrality, thereby removing a member from the group. In both scenarios, the peripheral city becomes an “enclave” within the urban agglomeration.
3. Study Area, Data and Methods
3.1. Research Setting: Urban Agglomeration in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River
3.2. Data
3.3. Model and Measures
4. Results
4.1. Response of Spatial Hindering to the Range of the Urban Agglomeration
4.2. State of Integration and Concrete Members of the Urban Agglomeration
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Classification | Integrated Response Status | Meaning |
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0 < ≤ 2Ds | weak response | the peripheral cities and the central cities have weak connections or even have no connection; |
= 0 | integrated initial response | the strength of interconnection between peripheral cities and central cities initially offsets the spatial interference; |
∣∣ ≥ 2Ds, < 0 | fully responsive integration | peripheral cities and central cities completely overcome all interference and obstacles and they enter complete integration; |
∣∣ ≥ 4Ds, < 0 | bidirectional response | the peripheral cities have the ability to attract the central cities in a reverse direction, and they finally form a community of interests. |
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Wang, L.; Zhang, F.; Zang, Y.; Duan, J. Understanding the Regional Integration Process from the Perspective of Agglomeration and Urban Networks: Case Study in Central China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912834
Wang L, Zhang F, Zang Y, Duan J. Understanding the Regional Integration Process from the Perspective of Agglomeration and Urban Networks: Case Study in Central China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912834
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Liang, Fangfang Zhang, Yuzhu Zang, and Jian Duan. 2022. "Understanding the Regional Integration Process from the Perspective of Agglomeration and Urban Networks: Case Study in Central China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12834. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912834