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Delineating the Spatial Boundaries of Megaregions in China: A City Network Perspective

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  • Wei Chen
  • Hang-Hyun Jo

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Globalization and informatization have significantly reshaped the map of the global economy. Mega cities and regions have become the battlegrounds in the interplay between globalization and localization, with megaregions becoming the most globally significant spatial configurations in this regard. However, academics and government departments disagree on how to define the spatial boundaries of megaregions. In this study, on the basis of highway traffic flow data between cities, we integrate the community detection and core-periphery profile algorithms to characterize the city networks in China and identify the city groups and delineate the core structures of city groups, which are the underlying megaregional structures in China. Based on this, we identify 21 megaregions among city groups in China, including the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and Chengdu-Chongqing megaregions, and preliminarily delineate their spatial boundaries. On the whole, there are spatial differences among China’s megaregions to a certain extent. Central and eastern China have numerous, large, and a high density of megaregions, while the western region has relatively few megaregions. The latter also differs notably from mature megaregions in terms of rank sizes, urban systems, and functional divisions of labor. Generally, this study develops a novel analytical framework for identifying the functional regions of megaregional space in China from a perspective of relational geography, with methodological implications for other fields of inquiry.

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  • Wei Chen & Hang-Hyun Jo, 2021. "Delineating the Spatial Boundaries of Megaregions in China: A City Network Perspective," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:complx:2574025
    DOI: 10.1155/2021/2574025
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    1. Chen, Wei & Niu, Xiaoyu & Ke, Wenqian & Yu, Zhaoyuan, 2023. "Investigating the energy trade networks in the Belt and Road regions: Structures and evolution," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
    2. Xiaoyu Niu & Wei Chen & Nyuying Wang, 2023. "Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Topological Evolution of the Global Crude Oil Trade Network," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-18, February.

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