TY - JOUR
T1 - Manufacturing-led peri-urbanisation in central China
T2 - The case of Wuhan's Dongxihu District
AU - Li, Jianyi
AU - Webster, Douglas
AU - Jianming, Cai
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was based on observations obtained at Lick Observatory, which is operated by the University of California. S. S. was supported by NSF grant AST-9528563. P. B. and G. M. were supported by NASA (NAGW-3182), the NSF (AST-9520443), and SUN Microsystems. We would like to thank the referee for helpful suggestions.
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PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - This article addresses a gap in the literature; a lack of research on peri-urbanisation in central China. China's 'factory of the world' is gradually, but perceptively, moving from the coastal region to the central region. In the central region, the manufacturing economy is dominantly found in peri-urban areas, replicating the coastal pattern. Based on a case study of Wuhan's Dongxihu District, the authors probe characteristics of manufacturing-led central region peri-urbanisation, concluding that current central region peri-urbanisation more closely resembles first phase coastal peri-urbanisation than the more diversified leisure and consumer-oriented peri-urbanisation, such as Disneylands and second homes, emerging in coastal areas. Interior peri-urban areas are closer to their core cities. Accordingly, residential spillover effects from the core city compete for peri-land. Domestic firms are prevalent, given the lower costs of start-up and operations. Shorter distance, more hinterland-oriented migration means less cultural diversity in central region peri-urban regions relative to the coast.
AB - This article addresses a gap in the literature; a lack of research on peri-urbanisation in central China. China's 'factory of the world' is gradually, but perceptively, moving from the coastal region to the central region. In the central region, the manufacturing economy is dominantly found in peri-urban areas, replicating the coastal pattern. Based on a case study of Wuhan's Dongxihu District, the authors probe characteristics of manufacturing-led central region peri-urbanisation, concluding that current central region peri-urbanisation more closely resembles first phase coastal peri-urbanisation than the more diversified leisure and consumer-oriented peri-urbanisation, such as Disneylands and second homes, emerging in coastal areas. Interior peri-urban areas are closer to their core cities. Accordingly, residential spillover effects from the core city compete for peri-land. Domestic firms are prevalent, given the lower costs of start-up and operations. Shorter distance, more hinterland-oriented migration means less cultural diversity in central region peri-urban regions relative to the coast.
KW - Chinese urban planning
KW - Chinese urbanisation
KW - Interior China
KW - Peri-urbanisation
KW - Wuhan
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U2 - 10.3828/idpr.2018.11
DO - 10.3828/idpr.2018.11
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046026690
SN - 1474-6743
VL - 40
SP - 175
EP - 202
JO - International Development Planning Review
JF - International Development Planning Review
IS - 2
ER -