Evaluation of the Rationality of Population Distribution of Urban Agglomerations in China:Based on the Analysis of Economic Benefits of Urban Agglomerations
The rationality of the population distribution of urban agglomerations is related to the high-quality development of urban agglomerations.Aiming at maximizing the economic benefits of urban agglomerations,this paper deduces the formula for the Structure Rationality Index(E-Zipf)of population distribution.It uses the panel data of 19 major urban agglomerations in China from 2010 to 2020 and adopts the systematic GMM method to calculate E-Zipf.The results show that the E-Zipf index of urban agglomerations in China is 1.33,which is higher than 1.Taking 1.33 as the standard,compared to the traditional standard of 1,the population distribution of 6 urban agglomerations is un-der-agglomeration rather than over-agglomeration.The results of rational classification show that the population distribution of 6 urban agglomerations,5 urban agglomerations,and 8 urban agglomera-tions is reasonable,over-agglomerated,and under-agglomerated,respectively.Over-agglomerated urban areas need to disperse the population of the central city and appropriately develop the peripheral cities,while under-agglomerated areas need to continue to concentrate population in their core cities.
Urban AgglomerationPopulation DistributionEvaluation of Rationality
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