Three major metropolitan clusters (the engine of China's modernization)

Author: Niu Fengrui, Sheng Guangyao
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Features: This book is an academic work that combines theoretical analysis with policy research. It examines the development positioning and strategies of the three major metropolitan clusters from a macro level of national strategy, while also proposing countermeasures and suggestions for several major practical issues within the clusters regarding coordinated development. It is strategic, targeted, and actionable, with innovations in research methods, data analysis, and research perspectives. It holds certain academic value.
First, it employs new methods. For example, Chapter 3 uses the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to analyze the urban efficiency of the three major metropolitan clusters; Chapter 5 employs factor analysis to quantitatively assess the distribution of advantageous development spaces within the clusters.
Second, its new data. For instance, Chapter 4 collects and analyzes land use data for Beijing and Shanghai, thereby evaluating land use performance; Chapter 6s and analyzes population census data for the three major metropolitan clusters, exploring the patterns of population change in urban clusters.
Third, it adopts new perspectives. For example, Chapter 7 compares and analyzes the cultural differences among the three major metropolitan clusters from the perspective of the changing spatial flow of migrant workers.
Fourth, it offers new insights into the development patterns of metropolitan clusters. For instance, Chapter proposes the phased development patterns of metropolitan clusters such as "strong core," "spillover," "networking," "integration," and "coupling"; the national economic systems of the three major metropolitan clusters exhibit a high degree of relative independence; the core issue of metropolitan clusters is intercity relationships; the homogenization of intercity industries should not be the focus of government attention, but rather the space where market forces play a role. In Chapter 6, it proposes that population growth follows a wave-like progression, and population distribution changes not only follow a concentric diffusion pattern but also a hierarchical diffusion pattern and an axial diffusion pattern, representing the spatial superposition of three driving forces.
This book has distinctive features in the theory and methods of metropolitan cluster research, providing theoretical support for the healthy development of metropolitan clusters in China. It holds practical significance for addressing the challenges faced by the three major metropolitan clusters and promoting their coordinated development.