Spatial evolution and factors of innovative urbanization in China
LIU Chengliang1,2， LI Chunyi1， LIU Xiangjie1
(1. School of Urban and Regional Science， East China Normal University， Shanghai 200241， China；2.Institute for Global Innovation and Development， East China Normal University， Shanghai 200241， China)
Abstract：Innovation and entrepreneurship has become the new normal of China's economic development since the implementation of the innovation and entrepreneurship policy. In this paper a comprehensive evaluation system is constructed based on three aspects： the urbanization of innovative talents， the urbanization of innovative industries， and the urbanization of innovative space. And the spatial evolution and factors of innovative urbanization in China since the innovation and entrepreneurship policy is discussed. The results show that the spatial distribution of innovative urbanization level is unbalanced， exhibiting the structural evolution from “three cores” to “three poles and multi-centers”. The trend of its change is relatively consistent with the horizontal status quo， and the phenomenon of “Matthew Effect” is becoming more and more prominent. Innovative urbanization is coupled with regional spatial structure， and the trickle-down effect of innovation highlands is more prominent， while the polarization effect of innovation nodes is more significant. Higher urban economic vitality， infrastructure， informatization， and employment scale， not only is beneficial to the innovative urbanization development， but also has a significant spatial spillover effect on the surrounding cities.
2021, Vol. 55 
