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A Study on the Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Problem Area Identification of High-Quality Urban Development in the Central Region

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  • Meilin Zhao

    (School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Rui Zhang

    (School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Hong Liu

    (School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
    Energy Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Beijing 100038, China)

  • Xiaoyi Zhang

    (School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

  • Yue Wang

    (School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China)

Abstract

The central region is an important strategic area that encompasses the east and the west and connects the south and the north. Promoting high-quality urban development in the central region plays a positive role in comprehensively upgrading the central rising strategy and realizing coordinated regional development. Based on the measurement index system result of the level of high-quality urban development in the central region, this study describes the regional gap and its dynamic evolution through the Dagum Gini coefficient and the kernel density function. In addition, it analyzes the causes of the gap in high-quality development of cities in the central region from the perspective of problem area identification. The result shows that the overall high-quality development of cities in the central region is increasing, with high-level cities clustering around the core cities. The relative regional disparities continue to narrow, but the absolute differences tend to expand. The super-variable density tends to be the main source of the overall difference, and the high-quality development of cities in each region is positively spatial correlated with each other. At present, the lagging economic development and outcomes sharing are the main obstacles to the high-quality development of cities in the central region.

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  • Meilin Zhao & Rui Zhang & Hong Liu & Xiaoyi Zhang & Yue Wang, 2023. "A Study on the Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Problem Area Identification of High-Quality Urban Development in the Central Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-21, July.
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