Spatial Structure of Urban Agglomerations and the Release of Consumption Potential:Flattening or Centralization
Promoting the formation of a rational and orderly spatial structure of urban agglomerations and giving play to the catalytic role of central cities are effective means of releasing domestic consumption potential.Based on the modeling idea of new economic geography,a theoretical model is constructed to analyze the impact of central city polarization on the consumption potential of urban agglomerations,and 170 cities within the ten major urban agglomerations are selected as the research objects to empirically test the mechanism between the degree of polarization of the central city of urban agglomerations and the con-sumption potential of urban agglomerations.The study finds that the spatial polarization structure of urban agglomerations promotes the release of consumption potential through the horizontal and vertical effects of industrial layout,and there exists an optimal industrial structure in the central city,while the disorderly industrial agglomeration is not conducive to the increase of the overall demand.The reduction of transac-tion costs and the promotion of labor inflow as an indirect influence mechanism can prompt the central city to form a pull on the consumption potential of the urban agglomerations,and the positioning of the central city and the stage of development of the urban agglomerations can also affect the release of consumption po-tential.The positioning of the central city and the development stage of the urban agglomeration will also affect the release of consumption potential.The degree of polarization of the central city affects the division of labor structure and resource allocation efficiency within the urban agglomeration,which in turn is reflec-ted in the expansion of industrial and labor demand.Therefore,fostering the growth of central cities in ur-ban agglomerations into mega-cities,optimizing the industrial structure,improving the infrastructure,and enhancing the efficiency of product and factor circulation will all help release the consumption potential of urban agglomerations.
Central city polarizationConsumption potentialSpatial structure of urban agglomera-tionsNew economic geographyEvolutionary dynamics
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
