China urban competitiveness in industrialization

Based on the panel data of 25 cities in China from 1990 to 2009

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10859611
AutoresPengfei Ni (Chinese Academy of Social Science, China, autor de correspondencia), Peter Karl Kresl (0000-0003-0627-1752, Bucknell University), Peter Kresl (Bucknell University), Xiaojiang Li (0000-0002-4208-1641, The Agricultural Bank of China, China)
Año2014
Volumen51
Número13
Páginas2787-2805
Fecha de publicación2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042098013514461
OpenAlexW2165817336
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas33

There is a consensus in China that industrialization, urbanization, globalization and information technology will enhance China’s urban competitiveness. We have developed a methodology for the analysis of urban competitiveness that we have applied to China’s 25 principal cities during three periods from 1990 through 2009. Our model uses data for 12 variables, to which we apply appropriate statistical techniques. We are able to examine the competitiveness of inland cities and those on the coast, how this has changed during the two decades of the study, the competitiveness of Mega Cities and of administrative centres, and the importance of each variable in explaining urban competitiveness and its development over time. This analysis will be of benefit to Chinese planners as they seek to enhance the competitiveness of China and its major cities in the future

Business · China · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Globalization · Industrialisation · Market economy · Megacity · Panel data · Regional science · Statistical analysis · Urbanization · Global trade and economics · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis