Spatial planning of China's lower-tier cities: strategies, implementation, and consequences

Because of the uneven distribution of territorial power and autonomy, cities in lower positions in China's urban hierarchical system are typically disadvantageous in obtaining vital and timely political and economic resources. Applying the theoretical discourse of spatial selectivity in state s...

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Veröffentlicht in:International planning studies Jg. 29; H. 2; S. 140 - 159
1. Verfasser: Qian, Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon Routledge 02.04.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Schlagworte:
administrative boundary adjustment
Autonomy
Cities
Economic resources
Economic theory
Governance
inner land cities
Interconnections
lower-tier cities
Realignment
Regional government
Side effects
Spatial selectivity
spatial strategy
Strategies
ISSN:1356-3475, 1469-9265
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Zusammenfassung:Because of the uneven distribution of territorial power and autonomy, cities in lower positions in China's urban hierarchical system are typically disadvantageous in obtaining vital and timely political and economic resources. Applying the theoretical discourse of spatial selectivity in state space production, this study focuses on the territorial dimension of spatial strategies and investigates how local spatial selectivity strategies have unfolded in Bengbu and Chuzhou, two third-tier cities in Anhui Province. The research finds that while lower-tier cities endeavor to use spatial selectivity and advocate new administrative and economic spaces by making connections to higher-tier cities, their spatial strategies overlook insufficient interconnections with their peers. Territorial status categorization, spatial relational adjustment, and administrative boundary realignment may have adverse effects when the mismatch between their targeted places and proposed functions occurs. Institutional reconfigurations through rescaled government and multi-level and cross-regional governance network are not common in lower-tier city's spatial strategies.
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ISSN:1356-3475
1469-9265
DOI:10.1080/13563475.2024.2311145