Understanding the reaps and risks of enclave economy in the Pearl River Delta based on the theory of risk society
Development and risks are a pair of factors embedded in coupling relations between the regional inequality and uncertainty in modern society.This article induces dialogues among Neo-Marxism geography and sociology to address the uncertainty effect in regional governance.It takes Guangzhou Yingde Enclave Park as an empirical case,with methods of semi-structural interview and context analysis,to contextualise the relations that development and risks are bonded up in urban entrepreneurialism.The results show that:① The provincial municipal rela-tion is essential to reflect the presence of risk alongside city regional development;② The effi-ciency-risks pair is parallel to efficiency-equality pair toward regional development;③ The pro-vincial government exercises as securing bottom line against risks whilst providing with favoring policies,and the municipalities are striving to elevate localized accumulation agenda within terri-torial boundaries.In short,this article intends to conceptualize the regional uncertainty in Chi-na's context,and proposes a heuristic framework combining risk society and Neo-Marxism geog-raphy.
risk societyuncertaintyregional governanceNeo-Marxism geographyGuang-zhou Yingde Enclave Park