Reshaping China’s economic landscape
Geo-visualization of urban networks based on live streaming commerce data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21247235 |
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| Authors | Zongcai Wei (0000-0001-8372-2487, South China University of Technology), Zhengyi Wu (0009-0007-3908-8600, South China University of Technology), Shaoqi Huang (0009-0001-2196-5448, South China University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 2340-2343 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2399-8083 • E-ISSN: 2399-8091 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23998083251353600 |
| OpenAlex | W4411707438 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Live streaming commerce (LSC), an emerging digital trade paradigm, has facilitated information flows in China’s platform economy. However, few studies have investigated how LSC has reshaped China’s economic landscape. The findings of this study reveal that LSC has reconfigured China’s urban network into a quadrilateral structure. The structure is anchored by the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and Xi’an urban agglomerations, whose inter-node flows account for over 75% of those of the entire country. Compared to the traditional ‘diamond structure’ of China’s regional economic development pattern, the LSC flows between cities within the quadrilateral region are stronger. The study shows that LSC production-oriented cities are geographically clustered in eastern coastal areas with well-developed manufacturing and e-commerce industrial clusters, whereas LSC consumption-oriented cities are principally located in the provincial capitals, where the local consumer culture is open-minded and therefore favourable for recreational activities
Archaeology · China · Data mining · Geography · Live Streaming · Multimedia · Streaming data · Visualization · Computer Science · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Sharing Economy and Platforms
| Highly cited | No |
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