The Spatial Distribution and Mechanism of City Shrinkage in the Pearl River Delta
City shrinkage emerged in European and American countries as early as the mid-20th century.The Pearl River Delta (PRD) is "miracle growth" area for urbanization, but cities and towns development also face population and economy shrinkage after the financial crisis in 2008.In this paper, we investigate spatial distribution of city shrinkage in the PRD respectively from district/county level and town/street level, using permanent resident data of Population Census and the Statistical Yearbook.By the case of Chashan Town, an analytical framework is established in this paper for city shrinkage from the perspective of industrial structure and labor structure.Moreover, we explore shrinkage characteristics and formation mechanism caused by supply and demand changes.The research reveals: (1) the spatial distribution of city shrinkage displays partial in the core area as well as relatively concentrated in the outer circle, developing three major shrinking agglomeration areas;(2) economic continual decline and immigrant reduction are typical characteristics of city shrinkage in the PRD;(3) the mismatching of industrial demand structure and labor supply structure causes city shrinkage in the PRD together.
city shrinkageindustrial demandlabor supplyChashan TownPRD
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