Analyzing spatiotemporal dynamics and employment density of specialized towns： a case study of Guangdong Province
HE Sanwei1,2， GAN Yangyang1， YE Wenming1， MEI Lei3
(1.School of Public Administration， Zhongnan University of Economics and Law， Wuhan 430073， China；2.Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research， CAS， Beijing 100101， China；3.School of Intelligent Manufacturing， Jianghan University， Wuhan 430056， China)
Abstract：The specialized town is an important carrier to promote county-level economy and high-quality regional development. With the case study of all specialized towns in Guangdong， this paper mainly employs geospatial analysis to examine their spatiotemporal dynamics of industrial， agricultural and service specialized towns， emphasizes the boundary effect and clustering features and then analyzes the spatial relation between township-level economy and the clusters of specialized towns from the perspective of employment density. Results are concluded as follows. 1) 60.6% of specialized towns in Guangdong are mainly industrial towns and are distributed in highly-developed Pearl River Delta and the eastern region of Guangdong. However， the agricultural specialized towns are mainly located in the less-developed areas like the northeastern part of Guangdong while the number of service specialized towns is the least. 2) The spatial layout of specialized towns in Guangdong conforms to the spatial interface theory. There are totally three spatial clusters， namely the Pearl River Delta， Jiangmen-Foshan-Zhongshan cluster and Dongguan cluster. The spatial development of specialized towns demonstrates the “geese swarm effect”. 3) The layout of employment density in Guangdong reveals a polycentric pattern. The township-level employment density demonstrates a significant spatial agglomeration. High-high cluster is mainly located in the Pearl River Delta and the eastern region， which has strong spatial consistency with the spatial clusters of specialized towns. Low-low cluster is manly distributed in the northeastern region like Heyuan， Shaoguan and Qingyuan. Finally， this paper proposes some policy implications such as strengthening cross-regional cooperation mechanisms， establishing industrial chain collaboration system and using modern technology to develop specialized towns.
贺三维,甘杨旸,叶文敏,梅 磊. 广东省专业镇发展的时空演变规律及镇域就业密度分析[J]. 华中师范大学学报(自然科学版), 2021, 55(6): 1065-1072.
HE Sanwei,GAN Yangyang,YE Wenming,MEI Lei. Analyzing spatiotemporal dynamics and employment density of specialized towns： a case study of Guangdong Province. journal1, 2021, 55(6): 1065-1072.
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