China's regional transport dominance:Density, proximity, and accessibility
Transport infrastructure plays an important role in shaping the configuration of spa-tial socio-economic structures and influences regional accessibility. This paper defines transport dominance from three aspects: quafity, quantity, and advantage, measured by den-sity, proximity, and accessibility indices. County is the basic unit for analysis. The results reveal: (1) Transport dominance statistically follows a partial normal distribution. A very few counties, 1.4% of the total, have extremely high transport dominance which strongly supports the socio-economic development in these areas. In contrast, one eighth of all counties have poor transport dominance which impedes local socio-economic development to some extent. The remaining areas, about 70% of the counties, have median transport dominance. (2) Transport dominance is spatially unevenly distributed, with values decreasing gradually from the coastal area to the inland area. Areas in the first-highest level of transport dominance are mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, the Greater Beijing area, and the Pearl River Delta. Areas in the second-highest level are focused in Chengdu, Chongqing, and Wuhan metropolitan areas. Provincial capitals and a few other counties belong to the third-highest level.
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金凤君、王成金、李秀伟、王娇娥
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Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
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国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金Knowledge Innovation Program ofthe Chinese Academy
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