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Coordinated Development of Urban Agglomeration in Central Shanxi

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  • Yongjian Cao

    (College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China)

  • Zhongwu Zhang

    (College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China)

  • Jie Fu

    (College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China)

  • Huimin Li

    (College of Geographic Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030031, China)

Abstract

Central Shanxi is one of the nine urban agglomerations proposed in China’s latest national planning, which has great development potential and represents a major opportunity for Shanxi Province to rise in central China. How to determine the existing problems and promote better-coordinated development is the goal of this article. Therefore, an improved gravity model, industrial structure similarity coefficient and population–economic growth elasticity method were used to analyze and study the coordinated development of urban agglomerations in central Shanxi from the perspectives of economy, industry and population–economy. The research conclusion is that there are three problems: a low level of coordinated economic development, strong dependence on coal resources, and uncoordinated population development and economic growth. Therefore, this paper discusses and puts forward the main strategies for the government to strengthen economic planning, improve the level of economic development, optimize and upgrade the industrial structure, end dependence on coal resources and strengthen regional ties, and improve the level of population and economy coordination so that the urban agglomeration in central Shanxi becomes the growth pole and important support point of regional economic and social development.

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  • Yongjian Cao & Zhongwu Zhang & Jie Fu & Huimin Li, 2022. "Coordinated Development of Urban Agglomeration in Central Shanxi," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-17, August.
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    1. Sujuan Li & Xiaohui Zhang & Xueling Wu & Erbin Xu, 2022. "Exploration of Urban Network Spatial Structure Based on Traffic Flow, Migration Flow and Information Flow: A Case Study of Shanxi Province, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(23), pages 1-18, December.

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